James Harold Elmsley

James Harold Elmsley

CB, CMG, DSO
James Harold Elmsley; CB, CMG, DSO
	Elmsley as a Major (1909)
Born	October 13, 1878; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	January 3, 1954 (aged 75); Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Buried	Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery
Allegiance	Canadian
Service/branch	Permanent Active Militia; Canadian Expeditionary Force; Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force;
Years of service	1897-1929
Rank	Brigadier general (Canada); Major general (UK);
Unit	Governor General's Body Guard; Canadian Mounted Rifles; Royal Canadian Dragoons;
Commands held	Canadian Corps Cavalry Regiment (1916); 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade (1916-1918); Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force (1918-1919);
Battles/wars	Second Boer War; World War I; Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War;
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath; Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George; Companion of the Distinguished Service Order; Queen's South Africa Medal (5 clasps); King's South Africa Medal (2 clasps); Mentioned in dispatches (5x); Croix de guerre (Belgium); Croix de guerre (Czechoslovakia); Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd Class (Japan);

Major-General James Harold Elmsley, CB, CMG, DSO (October 13, 1878 – January 3, 1954) was a Canadian military officer who served with the Royal Canadian Dragoons in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Later in the war, he would command the 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade, as well as the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.

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