Edwin Alderson

Sir Edwin Alderson
Sir Edwin Alderson
	Lieutenant General Alderson, c. 1910
Born	8 April 1859; Capel St Mary, Suffolk, England
Died	14 December 1927 (aged 68); Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1878–1920
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Commands held	Canadian Corps; 1st Canadian Division
Battles/wars	First Boer War; Anglo-Egyptian War Battle of Tel-el-Kebir; Mahdist War; Second Matabele War; Second Boer War Battle of Paardeberg; Siege of Kimberley; Battle of Driefontein; Battle of Witpoort; First World War battle of Neuve Chapelle; Second battle of Ypres; battle of Festubert; Second Battle of Givenchy; Battle of St-Eloi;
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath; Mentioned in Despatches; Legion of Honour (France)

Lieutenant General Sir Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson, KCB (8 April 1859 – 14 December 1927) was a senior British Army officer who served in several campaigns of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. From 1915 to 1916 during the First World War he commanded the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the Western Front, during which time it saw heavy fighting.

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