Monro, Charles Carmichael, Sir, 1860-1929, 1st Baronet, General

1879 posted to 2nd foot as second lieutenant; 1881-1886 adjutant; 1890-1897 aide-de-camp to the governor of Malta, then brigade major in Malta; 1897-1898 company commander in India (Malakand field force, Mohmand and Tirah field expeditions); 1898 brigade major in Gibraltar; 1898-1899 deputy assistant adjutant-general at Guernsey, then Aldershot; 1900 served in Second Boer War, brevet lieutenant-colonel; 1901-1907 chief instructor at the School of Musketry at Hythe; 1903 substantive colonel; 1906 CB; 1907-1912 brigadier-general, command of 13th infantry brigade; 1911 major-general; 1912-1914 command of the 2nd London division, Territorial Force; 1914 commander of 2nd Infantry division; 1914-1915 commander of 1st corps; 1915 commander of the Third Army, KCB; 1915-1916 commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean expeditionary force (including Gallipoli evacuation); 1916 commander of the First Army, GCMG; 1916-1920 commander-in-chief of the army in India; 1918-1922 aide-de-camp to the king; 1919-1920 served in Third Anglo-Afghan War and Waziristan; 1919 GCSI, GCB; 1920 coloned to the Queen's regiment; 1921 baronetcy, Bath king of arms; 1923-1928 governor of Gibraltar; 1928 trustee of the Imperial War Museum

Epithet: General

Title: 1st Baronet

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