John Maxwell Military person

General Sir John Grenfell Maxwell GCB, KCMG, CVO, DSO, PC (11 July 1859 – 21 February 1929) was a British Army officer and colonial governor. He served in the Mahdist War in the Sudan, the Boer War, and in the First World War, but he is best known for his execution of the leaders of the Easter Rising. He retired in 1922.

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John Maxwell
Birth dateJuly 12, 1859
Birth place
England , Liverpool
Date of deathFebruary 21, 1929

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award
Order of the Bath
Royal Victorian Order
Distinguished Service Order
Order of St Michael and St George
Order of Osmanieh
military branch
British Army
military command
Northern Command
Egyptian Expeditionary Force
Ireland
military unit
Second Boer War
World War I

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