Alfred Cavendish

Brigadier-General
Alfred Edward John Cavendish
CMG
Born 19 June 1859
Died 2 February 1943
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Commands held South African Command
Battles/wars First World War
Awards Order of St Michael and St George

Brigadier General Alfred Edward John Cavendish, CMG (19 June 1859 – 2 February 1943) was a British Army general who served in the Second Boer War and First World War as a staff officer.[1]

History

Cavendish was on 14 January 1880 commissioned a second lieutenant in the 91st (Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment, later the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He was promoted to lieutenant on 1 July 1881, served as Adjutant to the 1st Battalion from 1885 to 1887 during which he was promoted to captain on 12 June 1886, then passed through the Staff College and entered a career of staff posts.[2]

During the First Sino-Japanese War he was an attaché with the Chinese Army, and on 12 February 1897 he was promoted to major. After service as the Deputy Assistant Adjutant General for Dublin and Aldershot Districts, he was in January 1900 appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant General for the 8th Division South African field force,[3] created to take part in the Second Boer War in South Africa.[4] He left Southampton in the SS Moor in March 1900 with the staff of the 8th division and 600 men of militia regiments[5] arriving in Cape Town the next month. Cavendish saw a brief spell of regimental service from 1907 to 1911, commanding his old battalion, the 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, before being posted as Assistant Adjutant General of Southern Command.[6]

On the outbreak of the First World War he was appointed Assistant Adjutant General of the British Expeditionary Force, then promoted to Brigadier-General and assigned to the staff of V Corps in early 1915. He later served as Assistant Adjutant General to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and the Dardanelles Army, and from 1916 was commanding South African Command.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Cavendish, Alfred Edward John (CVNS877AE)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ↑ Hart′s Army list, 1901
  3. ↑ "No. 27156". The London Gazette. 23 January 1900. p. 430.
  4. ↑ "CAVENDISH, General Alfred Edward John". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 309.
  5. ↑ "The War in South Africa - Embarcation of Troops". The Times (36087). London. 12 March 1900. p. 7.
  6. 1 2 Alfred Edward John Cavendish, by John Bourne. Centre for First World War Studies.
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