George Milne 1st Baron Milne Military person

Field Marshal George Francis Milne, 1st Baron Milne GCB, GCMG, DSO (5 November 1866 – 23 March 1948) was a British military commander who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1926 to 1933. He served in the Second Boer War and during World War I he served briefly on the Western Front but spent most of the war commanding the British forces on the Macedonian front. As Chief of the Imperial General Staff he generally promoted the mechanization of British land forces although limited practical progress was made during his term in office.

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George Milne 1st Baron Milne
Birth dateNovember 05, 1866
Birth place
Aberdeen , Scotland
Date of deathMarch 23, 1948
Place of death
England , London

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allegianceUnited Kingdom
award
Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Order of St Michael and St George
military operations
Second Boer War
World War I
military branch
British Army
military command
Eastern Command
27th Infantry Division
VI Corps
Salonika Army
service start1885
service end1933

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