Allegiance United Kingdom Name Edward Grove Rank Brigadier General | Years of service 1872 - 1918 Service/branch British Army | |
Died 14 October 1932
Brighton, Sussex Unit Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment | ||
Brigadier General Edward Aickin William Stewart Grove CB CBE (1852–1932) was a senior British Army officer during the First World War.
Biography
Born 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 in 1873. He served in the First Boer War, in 1881, and was promoted to the rank of Captain in the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment. He served during the Nile Expedition, between 1884 and 1885, and was promoted to the rank of Major in 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 in 1896. He commanded the 2nd Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment during the Second Boer War, between 1899 and 1902, when he was promoted to the rank of Colonel. 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.
Brigadier General Edward Grove was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1900, and as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1919. He died in Brighton, Sussex, on 14 October 1932, aged 80.