Cecil Rawling Military person

Brigadier-General Cecil Godfrey Rawling, CMG, CIE, DSO, FRGS (16 February 1870 – 28 October 1917) was a British soldier, explorer and author whose expeditions to Tibet and Dutch New Guinea brought acclaim from the Royal Geographic Society and awards from the Dutch and Indian governments. He published two books detailing his experiences and served in the British Army on the North-West Frontier of India and in France during the First World War. It was during this latter service that he was killed in action aged 47 during the Battle of Passchendaele.A man of adventure in the Victorian mould, he was said to possess 'true courage, modesty and kindness of heart' whether in the snows of Tibet, the jungles of New Guinea or the muddy trenches of Flanders. His death was widely lamented in the scientific and geographic fields and was covered in The Times, where a friend described 'his patient courage, his resourcefulness and constant cheerfulness' and described how he possessed the 'eternal boyishness of the Elizabethans' in his exploration.

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Birth date	February 16, 1870
Birth place	London
Date of death	October 28, 1917
Place of death	Belgium , Passendale , Hooge Crater

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allegiance	United Kingdom
award	Order of the Indian Empire Distinguished Service Order Order of St Michael and St George
military operations	British expedition to Tibet World War I
military branch	British Army
military unit	Somerset Light Infantry
service start	1891
service end	1891