Before the camp was liberated the senior British colonel in command of it had already chosen a temporary hiding place for the prisoners.

Marshal Alyniat took most of the senior colonels, too.

As the senior colonel, Humpton took command of the consolidated regiment.

Xu spent fifteen years with the Nationalist army attaining the rank of senior colonel.

In these cases it often appears to have meant a senior colonel as opposed to a senior general.

Liu is a senior colonel in the People's Liberation Army.

Harland, being the senior ranking colonel, assumed command of the 3rd Division.

The Soviets suffered 59 dead, including a senior colonel, and 94 wounded.

A senior colonel is also not befitted honors of a general or flag officer.

A senior colonel, perhaps, or a young general.