Percy Hambro
Sir Percy Hambro | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 December 1870 Andover, Hampshire |
| Died | 25 November 1931 |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands | 46th (North Midland) Division |
| Battles / wars | 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
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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] After the war he took charge of logistics in Baghdad.[5][6] 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 in May 1931.[7]
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.
- ^ 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.
- 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