George Kemball
Major-General Sir George Vere Kemball, KCMG, CB, DSO, R.A. (1859–1941) was a British Army officer of the 19th and early 20th century. He was a career officer in the British Army spending most of his career in India and Nigeria.
Sir George Vero Kemball | |
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| Born | 1 October 1858 Fairseat, Wrotham, United Kingdom |
| Died | 10 January 1941 (aged 83) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | Royal Artillery, British Army |
| Years of service | 1878–1919 |
| Rank | Major General (1914–1919) Colonel Commandant Royal Artillery (1927–1929) |
| Commands held | 28th Indian Brigade 5th (Mhow) Division |
| Battles/wars | Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880) Chitral Expedition (1895) Tochi Expedition (1897) Kaduna Expedition (1900) Bida Expedition (1901) Kano-Sokoto Expedition (1903) World War I (1914–1918) – France (1914–1915) – Mesopotamia (1916) |
| Awards | DSO (1901) CB (1903) K.C.M.G. (1917) |
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