| 词条 | Edward Grove |
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|name= Edward Aickin William Stewart Grove |birth_date=4 April 1852 |birth_place= |death_date=14 October 1932 |death_place= Brighton, Sussex |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom |serviceyears= 1872 - 1918 |rank= Brigadier General |branch= British Army |current position= |commands= |unit= Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment |battles= First Boer War, Anglo-Egyptian War, Nile Expedition, Second Boer War, First World War |awards= CB, CBE |laterwork= }} Brigadier General Edward Aickin William Stewart Grove , {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB|CBE}} (1852–1932) was a senior British Army officer during the First World War. BiographyBorn on 4 April 1852, Edward Grove was educated at Bedford School. He received his first commission as a second lieutenant in the British Army in 1872, and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on 12 November 1873. He served in the First Boer War, in 1881, was promoted to the rank of captain in the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment on 13 April 1881, and received the brevet rank of major on 18 November 1882. He served during the Nile Expedition, between 1884 and 1885, and was promoted to the substantive rank of major on 19 January 1886. He served during the Anglo-Egyptian War, in 1892, fought at the Battle of Tel el-Kebir, and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel on 27 May 1896. He commanded the 2nd Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment during the Second Boer War, between 1899 and 1902, during which he was promoted to the rank of colonel on 19 August 1900.[1] He was appointed Brigadier General commanding the 8th Brigade, 3rd Division, between 1905 and 1909. He served during the First World War, and was Commander of the 7th District between 1916 and 1918.[2] Brigadier General Edward Grove was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1900, and as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1919.[3] He died in Brighton, Sussex, on 14 October 1932, aged 80.[4]References1. ^Hart′s Army list, 1901 {{DEFAULTSORT:Grove, Edward Aickin William Stewart}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U210512/GROVE_Brig.-Gen._Edward_Aickin_William_Stewart?index=1&results=QuicksearchResults&query=0|title=Who's Who|publisher=}} 3. ^https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13457/page/1996/data.pdf 4. ^Obituary, The Times, 15 October 1932, p.12 9 : 1852 births|1932 deaths|People educated at Bedford School|British Army personnel of the Anglo-Egyptian War|British Army personnel of World War I|British military personnel of the First Boer War|British Army personnel of the Second Boer War|Companions of the Order of the Bath|British Army generals |
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