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• THE, EDINBURGH GAZETTE, JULY 18, 1919. {Brevet Lieutenant 12428 • THE, EDINBURGH GAZETTE, JULY 18, 1919. {Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Briga- Captain (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) George dier-General) Charles Howard Foulkes, M.G.C., Cecil Rudall Overton, D.S.O., London Regi- D.S.O., Royal Engineers. ment. Lieutenant-General Sir George Henry Fowke, Lieutenant-Colonel Hercules Arthur Pakenham, K.C.B., K.C.M.G. C.M.G., Ret., T.F. ' Major-General Sir John Sharinan Fowler, Major-Genera] Sir Harold Daniel Edmund K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O. Parsons, K.C.M.G., C.B. Lieutenant-Colonel William Robert Wellesley, Lieutenant-General Sir William Thomas Furse, Viscount Peel, G.B.E., Yeomanry T.F. Re- K.C.B., D.S.O. serve. Major Gerald John Percival Geiger, D.S.O., Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Owen Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Forbes Phillips, A.I.F. Major-General John Gellibrand, C.B., D.S.O. General Sir Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Edward C.G.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., A.D.C. Douglas Giles, C.M.G., D.S.O., Indian Army. Brevet Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Herbert John Clive Gordon Pritchard, C.M.G., D.S.O., Chapman Goodwin, K.C:B., C.M.G. D.S.O., Royal Artillery. K.H.S. Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Frederick Major-General Sir Charles Harington Haring- Kaye Puckle, C.M.G., Royal Army Service ton, K.C.B., D.S.O. Corps. Major-General John Emerson Wharton Head- Major-General Percy Pollexfen de Blaquiere lam, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O. Radcliffe, C.B,, D.S.O. Major-General Gerard Moore Heath, K.C.M.G., General Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, Bt., . CJB., D.S.O. G.C.B., G.C.V.Q., K.C.M.G. Captain (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Henry Temporary Major William Rennison, M.C., William Holland, O.B.E., D.S.O., Inns of Manchester Regiment. Courts O.T.C. General Sir William Robert Robertson, G.C.B., Captain Thomas Nathaniel Hone, King's Koyal K.C.V.O., D.S.O., A.D.C. Rifle Corps. Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey No well Salmon, General Sir Henry Sinclair Home, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., Rifle Brigade. K.C.M.G. Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Harrv Major (temporary Lieutenant - Colonel) Hugh Neptune Sargent, C.B., D.S.O. Moore Hutchinson, C.M.G., D.S.O., Con- Major-General Ewen George Sinclair-Maclagan, naught Rangers. C.B., D.S.O., A.I.F. Brevet Colonel (temporary Major - General) Captain George Pollard Thomas, O.B.E., Royal Robert Hutchison, C.B., D.S.O., Dragoon Garrison Artillery. Guards. Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Major- Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Evan MacLean Jack, General) Henry Worth Thornton, K.B.E., C.M.G., D.S.O. Royal Engineers. Royal Engineers (T.F.). Lieutenant-General Sir Claud William Jacob, Major-General William Thwaites, C.B. K.C.B., K.C.M.G. Brevet Lieutenant - Colonel (Hon. Brigadier- Brevet Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) General) Gerald Frederic Trotter, C.B., C.M.G., Edward Cotton Jury, M.C., 18th Hussars. C.B.E., D.S.O., M.V.O., Grenadier Guards. Brevet Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Briga- Kempster Kenmure Knapp, C.B., C.M.G. dier-General) Cyril Mosley Wagstaff, C.M.G., Captain (temporary Major) Malcolm Henry C.I.E., D.S.O., Royal Engineers. Mortimer Lamb, O.B.E., M.C., Special List. Major - General (temporary Lieuteant - General) Honorary Brigadier-General Richard Charles Sir Herbert Edward Watts, K.C.B., C.M.G. Bernard Lawrence, C.B., C.M.G. General Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, G.C.B., Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir Herbert D.S.O. Alexander Lawrence, K.C.B. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel (acting Lieutenant- 'Temporary Captain (temporary Major) Charles Colonel) Harold St. John Loyd Winterbotham, Alleyne Lidbury, Special List. C.M.G., D.S.O. 'Brevet Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Robert O'Hara Livesay, C.M.G., D.S.O., The American Distinguished Service Cross. Royal West Surrey Regiment. Captain John Thomas M'Namee, M.C., Royal Major-General Sir Arthur Lynden Lynden-Bell, Field Artillery (SR) attached 1st 30th United K.C.M.G., C.B. States Engineer Corps. Lieutenant-General Sir George Mark Watson, No. 5451 Serjeant Nicholas Rodakis, M.M., 4th MacDonogh, K.C.M.G., C.B. Battalion Australian Machine Gun Corps. Oolonel (temporary Major - General) James Douglas M'Lachlan, C.B., D.S.O. Brevet Colonel (temporary Major-General) Reginald Seaburne May, C.M.G. D.S.O., Royal Fusiliers. Major Walter Miller, Canadian Forces. War Office, Major-General (temporary Lieutenant-General) Uth July 1919. Sir John Monash, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., V.D. The following are among the Decorations Major-General Sir Archibald Armar Mont- and Medals awarded by the Allied Powers at - gomery, K.C.M.G., C.B. various dates to the British Forces for distin- Temporary Major-General Sir Philip Arthur guished services rendered during the course Manley Nash, K.C.M.G., C.B. of the campaign :— IBrevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Needham C.M.G., D.S.O., Gloucestershire Regiment. His Majesty the King has given unrestricted.
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