Percy Radcliffe (British Army officer)
Sir Percy Radcliffe | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 February 1874 |
| Died | 9 February 1934 (aged 60) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | 48th Division Scottish Command Southern Command |
| Battles / wars | Second Boer War World War I |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order |
General Sir Percy Pollexfen de Blaquiere Radcliffe KCB KCMG DSO (9 February 1874 – 9 February 1934) was a British Army officer who reached high office in the 1930s.
Military career
Percy Radcliffe was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1893.[1] He saw service with 'G' Battery, Royal Horse Artillery in the Second Boer War between 1899 and 1900.[1]
He saw active service during World War I on the Western Front.[1] After the War he served as Director of Military Operations at the War Office until 1922.[1] He was General Officer Commanding 48th Division from 1926 and 1927 before becoming General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Scottish Command between 1930 and 1933.[1] His final appointment was as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Southern Command from 1933 until his death, when he fell from a horse, in 1934.[2]
Family
He married twice - first to Rahmeh Theodora Swinburne in 1918 and then to Florence Alice Coromandel Tagg in 1932.[3]
Works
- Tactical Employment of Field Artillery. (He translated this from the French.)
- Report on the Franco-British Mission to Poland, July, August 1920
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