George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff
Major General Sir George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff KCB KCMG CIE (1855-1924) was a Scottish soldier and engineer.
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.[1]
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,[2] a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1907 Birthday Honours[3] and a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1915 Birthday Honours.[4] 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[5]
References
- ^ Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives: Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975.
- ^ "No. 27337". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 23 July 1901. - ^ "No. 28034". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 25 June 1906. - ^ "No. 12813". The Edinburgh Gazette. 4 June 1915.
- ^ "No. 13225". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 March 1918.
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