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Lord General Militant is the highest conventional rank within the Imperial Guard. They are in charge of whole battlegroups of Imperial Guard regiments and are assigned to their combat theatres by the Departmento Munitorum. Their recommendation to both the rank and active command is based on family ties and previous experience and service. They also receive extra training in order to be able to handle the vast numbers of personnel given over to their command. A General Staff is formed around the Lord General Militant from both the regiments tithed to his command and specialists issued by the Munitorum. There is only ever one Lord General Militant active in a sector.

Notable Lords General Militant

• Hechtor Dravere - fought in the Sabbat Worlds Crusade¹
• Solomon Tetrarchus - successor of Tiber Achilus, in command of the Achilus Crusade²
• Esbet Athelstane - only known Lady General Militant, commanded Imperial Guard forces on Charys against the Thousand Sons³
• Huxlow - Approved the Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer.⁴

See also

• Imperial Guard Hierarchy

Sources

• ¹: First and Only (Novel) by Dan Abnett
• ²:The Achilus Assault pg. 133
• ³:Wolf's Honour (Novel) by Lee Lightner
• ⁴:Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer pg. 2