Percy Hambro

Major-General Sir Percival Otway Hambro KBE, CB, CMG (10 December 1870 – 25 November 1931) was a British Army officer.

Sir Percy Hambro
Born10 December 1870
Andover, Hampshire
Died25 November 1931
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands held46th (North Midland) Division
Battles/warsSecond Boer War
AwardsKnight 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

Military career
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.

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
  1. 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.
  2. "No. 26298". The London Gazette. 17 June 1892. p. 3516.
  3. "Royal Visits to the Western Front". Imperial War Museum. 13 July 1917. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  4. "No. 13186". The Edinburgh Gazette. 2 January 1918. p. 10.
  5. Pioneers to the Past: American Archaeologists in the Middle East 1919-1920 (PDF). University of Chicago. 2010. p. 41. ISBN 978-1885923707.
  6. "Oil: Mesopotamia & Persia". Qatar National Library. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  7. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 13 June 2020.
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