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

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

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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