George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff

George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff in 1916

Major General Sir George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff KCB KCMG CIE (3 October 1855 – 1924) was a Scottish soldier and engineer.[1]

Biography

Scott-Moncrieff joined the Royal Engineers in 1873 and served in Afghanistan from 1878-1880. He was an Instructor at the School of Military Engineering from 1893-1898. He was Commander of the Royal Engineers, China Expeditionary Force 1900-1901, taking part in the relief of Peking and the Waziristan expedition on the North West Frontier, India 1901-1902.[2]

He was Assistant Director, Fortifications and Works, Army Headquarters 1909-1911, and Director, Fortifications and Works, War Office 1911-1918. He retired in 1918.

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1901 for services in China,[3] a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1907 Birthday Honours[4] and a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1915 Birthday Honours.[5] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1918 for valuable services rendered in connection with the War[6]

Selected works

  • The royal engineers field-service pocket-book. 1894.
  • The water supply of barracks and cantonments. 1896.
  • The principles of structural design. ; vol. 1 (1897); vol. 2 (1898)
  • Recent works in the N. W. Frontier Province, India. 1905.
  • Eastern missions from a soldier's standpoint. 1907.
  • Works economics. 1910.
  • Field entrenchments: spadework for riflemen, hasty fire cover, fire trenches, communications, concealment, obstruction, shelters. 1914.
  • Canals & campaigns: an engineer officer in India, 1870-1885. British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia. 1987.

References

  1. ↑ "Scott-Moncrieff, Major-General Sir George Kenneth". Who's Who: 2301. 1920.
  2. ↑ Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives: Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975.
  3. ↑ "No. 27337". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 July 1901. pp. 4916–4917.
  4. ↑ "No. 28034". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 June 1906. pp. 4430–4436.
  5. ↑ "No. 12813". The Edinburgh Gazette. 4 June 1915. pp. 770–770.
  6. ↑ "No. 13225". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 March 1918. pp. 1048–1048.
Military offices
Preceded by
Frederick Rainsford-Hannay		 Director of Fortifications and Works
1911–1918		 Succeeded by
Philip Geoffrey Twining


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