Curragh incident
Although the Cabinet issued a document claiming that the issue had been a misunderstanding , Secretary of State for War J . E . B . Seely and Chief of the General Staff ( CIGS ) Field Marshal Sir John French were forced to resign after amending it to promise that the British Army would not be used against the Ulster loyalists . 
<triplet> J. E. B. Seely <subj> Secretary of State for War <obj> position held <triplet> Field Marshal Sir John French <subj> Chief of the General Staff <obj> position held