Military
- William Alexander (Canadian soldier) (1880–1917), World War I soldier executed for desertion
- William Melville Alexander (1897–1988), Canadian World War I flying ace
- William Alexander, Lord Stirling (1726–1783), American Revolutionary War soldier
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“I’m not a military man, Captain. War holds no romance for me. The side effects are repulsive.”
—Richard Bluel, and Henry Hathaway. Major Hugh Tarkington (Clinton Greyn)
“I would sincerely regret, and which never shall happen whilst I am in office, a military guard around the President.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
“Stately as a galleon, I sail across the floor,
Doing the military two-step, as in the days of yore.”
—Joyce Grenfell (1910–1979)
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