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    Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson, KCB (8 April 1859 – 14 December 1927) was a senior British Army officer who served in several campaigns...
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    division was officially organized, under the command of Lieutenant-General Edwin Alderson, a British Army officer. Several units under command of the First Contingent...
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    the whole army. The corps was commanded by Lieutenant General Sir E.A.H. Alderson, until 1916. Political considerations caused command to be passed to Lieutenant-General...
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  • and later, 4th divisions. Its first commander was Lieutenant-General Edwin Alderson, who was soon replaced by Lieutenant-General Julian Byng, in time to...
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    Turner and Hughes sent erroneous messages back to Lieutenant General Edwin Alderson at divisional headquarters that their line had been broken and was in...
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  • English lawyer and judge Edward Alderson (parliamentary clerk) (1864–1951), an English lawyer and public servant Edwin Alderson, British general during Boer...
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    Chairman of the Imperial Munitions Board (1915–19) Lieutenant-General Edwin Alderson – Commander of the unified Canadian Corps of the Canadian Expeditionary...
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    many years and wrote most of his books there. Lieutenant General Sir Edwin Alderson also lived at Oulton Broad, on a houseboat, and died in 1927 at the...
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    Byng took command of the Canadian Corps from Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Alderson. Discussions for a spring offensive near Arras began, following a formal...
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    Joseph Flavelle – Chairman of Imperial Munitions Board (1915–1919) Edwin Alderson – Commander of the Canadian Corps (1915–1916) Julian Byng – Commander...
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    through the whole army. Originally commanded by Lieutenant General Sir Edwin Alderson until 1916, command was then passed to Lieutenant General Sir Julian...
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    to believe in its strengths despite the professional opinion of Sir Edwin Alderson, the British Army officer who was commander of the First Canadian Division...
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    Canadian Brigade 1914–1915 Succeeded by Louis Lipsett Preceded by Sir Edwin Alderson GOC 1st Canadian Division 1915–1917 Succeeded by Archie Macdonell Preceded by...
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    On 28 May 1916, in an abrupt change of command, Lieutenant-General Edwin Alderson was appointed to the largely ceremonial post of Inspector General of...
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  • infantry divisions. The Canadian Corps' first commander was General Edwin Alderson, who was succeeded by General Julian Byng in 1916, who was in turn succeeded...
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    Miners 48th Pioneers This list is incomplete. 1908-1912: Major-General Edwin Alderson CB 1912-1915: Major-General Sir Arthur Barrett KCB KCVO 1915-1916: Major-General...
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    mariners, or other circumstances left to the Society's discretion. Edwin Alderson (Bronze Medal) Colin Albert Murdoch (Bronze Medal) Alexander I of Russia...
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    very reluctantly accepted a British officer, Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Alderson, as the commander of the 1st Division when it turned out that there...
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    January–May 1916 Succeeded by Sir Charles Fergusson Preceded by Sir Edwin Alderson GOC Canadian Corps 1916–1917 Succeeded by Sir Arthur Currie Preceded by...
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    Sherrington (1857–1952), Nobel laureate and physician Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Alderson (1859–1927), first commander Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War...
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    and now houses Hayden Chemists Head Office. Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Alderson, a keen yachtsman and canoeist, lived in his last years on a houseboat...
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  • Lieutenant-General Edwin Alderson, as the commander of the 1st Canadian Division and only then because of the lack of a qualified Canadian officer. Alderson found...
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    (previously "Hanwood Villa") beside the church. Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Alderson (1859–1927) had his home at The Glen as a subtenant in the years 1914...
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    Beeching Axe. The village was birthplace in 1859 of Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Alderson, first commander of the Canadian Expeditionary Force of World War I...
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  • Suffield, was granted the honorary rank of major on 17 April 1895. Edwin Alderson, served as a lieutenant 1876-78 before transferring to the Royal Scots;...
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    van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle (1702—1754) Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Alderson (1859—1927), GOC Corps Brigadier Toby Low, 1st Baron Aldington (1914—2000)...
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    Brigade (Major-General Edward Hutton) 1st Corps Mounted Infantry: Lt-Col. Edwin Alderson 3rd Corps Mounted Infantry: Lt-Col. Thomas Pilcher 1st Canadian Mounted...
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    combat in France under command of British officer Lieutenant General Edwin Alderson. The Rocky Mountain National Park was established by an act of the United...
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    appointed commander of the Canadian Corps, replacing Lieutenant-General Edwin Alderson. British test pilot Harry Hawker flew the Sopwith Triplane on its first...
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    Lieutenant General Edwin Alderson, the corps lacked a general staff and consisted of an infantry division and cavalry brigade. Alderson was succeeded in...
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