Geoffrey White (British Army officer)

Geoffrey White
Born	3 November 1870 St George Hanover Square, London, England
Died	15 December 1959(1959-12-15) (aged 89)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1890 - 1929
Rank	Major-General
Unit	Royal Artillery
Commands	Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
Battles / wars	Second Boer War World War I
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order

Major-General Geoffrey Herbert Anthony White CB CMG DSO (3 November 1870 – 15 December 1959) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.

Military career

Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, White was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a second lieutenant on 25 July 1890, and promoted to lieutenant on 25 July 1893. He served in the Second Boer War and took part in the Relief of Kimberley, during which he was promoted to captain on 13 February 1900. In 1910 he became Superintendent of the Royal Artillery Riding Establishment. He served in World War I as Commander of K Battery, Royal Horse Artillery and as Commander, Royal Artillery for 30th Division. He was appointed Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich in 1918, Commandant of the Woolwich Sub-Area in 1920 and Director of Remounts at the War Office in 1925 before he retired in 1929.

He was author of the book Single And Pair Horse Driving published by the British Driving Society in 1950.

Family

In 1918 White married Beatrice de Chair.