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Sir Percy Hambro | |
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 King George V visiting the ruins of Peronne, 13 July 1917; with him are Lieutenant-General William Pulteney, GOC III Corps, and Brigadier-General Percy Hambro, the Quartermaster-General of III Corps | |
| Born | 10 December 1870 |
| Died | 25 November 1931 (aged 60) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Rank | Major-General |
| Commands | 46th (North Midland) Division |
Conflicts | Second Boer War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George |
Major-General Sir Percival Otway Hambro, KBE, CB, CMG (10 December 1870 – 25 November 1931) was a British Army officer.
Military career
[edit]Educated at Eton College,[1] Hambro was commissioned into the 4th Battalion, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) before transferring to the 15th The King's Hussars on 18 June 1892.[2]
After serving in the Second Boer War, he saw action as Quarter-Master General for the 3rd Division on the Western Front during First World War[3] for which he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.[4] He had been made a brevet lieutenant colonel in June 1915,[5] and a temporary brigadier general in November when he became deputy adjutant and quartermaster general of III Corps.[6]
After the war he took charge of logistics in Baghdad.[7][8] He became Major-General, Administration at Aldershot Command in November 1925 and General Officer Commanding the 46th (North Midland) Division in May 1927 before retiring from the army in May 1931.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ↑ Simon Nicholas, Robbins (2001). "British generalship on the Western Front in the First World War, 1914-1918" (PDF). King's College, London. p. 49. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ↑ "No. 26298". The London Gazette. 17 June 1892. p. 3516.
- ↑ "Royal Visits to the Western Front". Imperial War Museum. 13 July 1917. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ↑ "No. 13186". The Edinburgh Gazette. 2 January 1918. p. 10.
- ↑ "No. 29202". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 June 1915. p. 6117.
- ↑ "No. 29433". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 January 1916. p. 435.
- ↑ Pioneers to the Past: American Archaeologists in the Middle East 1919-1920 (PDF). University of Chicago. 2010. p. 41. ISBN 978-1885923707.
- ↑ "Oil: Mesopotamia & Persia". Qatar National Library. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ↑ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ↑ "No. 33716". The London Gazette. 15 May 1931. p. 3144.
- 1870 births
- 1931 deaths
- British Militia officers
- British Army major generals
- Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Cameronians officers
- 15th The King's Hussars officers
- People educated at Eton College
- Hambro family
- People from Andover, Hampshire
- Military personnel from Hampshire
- British Army cavalry generals of World War I
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- British people in Mandatory Iraq