| 词条 | Charles Metcalfe (British Army officer) |
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| name =Charles Metcalfe | image = | caption = | birth_date =7 February 1856 | death_date =1912 | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place =Edinburgh, Scotland | death_place = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance ={{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | branch = British Army | serviceyears =1874-1910 | rank =Major-General | unit = | commands = 2nd Bn the Rifle Brigade 6th Division | battles = Second Boer War | awards = Companion of the Order of the Bath | relations = | laterwork = }} Major-General Charles Theophilus Evelyn Metcalfe CB (7 February 1856 – 1912) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding 6th Division. Military careerEducated at Malvern Wells, Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,[1] Metcalfe was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade in 1874 and took part in the Burma expedition in 1886 and then joined the Tochi Field Force on the North West Frontier of India in 1897.[2] He served as Commanding Officer of 2nd Battalion of the Rifle Brigade during the Second Boer War taking part in the Siege of Ladysmith and then became Brigadier-General commanding the Troops in Mauritius in 1902.[2] He was appointed General Officer Commanding 6th Division in Southern Ireland in 1909.[3] Metcalfe retired in 1910.[2] Publications
References1. ^Cork Past and Present {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Lawrence Parsons}}{{s-ttl|title=General Officer Commanding the 6th Division|years=1909–1910}}{{s-aft|after=William Pulteney}}{{S-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Metcalfe, Charles}}2. ^1 2 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives 3. ^Army Commands {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf |date=5 July 2015 }} 4. ^The Guardian (newspaper) 6 March 1889 7 : 1865 births|1912 deaths|British Army generals|Companions of the Order of the Bath|People educated at Eton College|Rifle Brigade officers|Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst |
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