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George Scott-Moncrieff


Died
  
1924

George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff

Major General Sir George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff (3 October 1855-1924) was a Scottish soldier and engineer.

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Biography

Scott-Moncrieff joined the Royal Engineers in 1873 and served in Afghanistan from 1878-1880. He was an Instructor at the School of Military Engineering from 1893-1898. He was Commander of the Royal Engineers, China Expeditionary Force 1900-1901, taking part in the relief of Peking and the Waziristan expedition on the North West Frontier, India 1901-1902.

He was Assistant Director, Fortifications and Works, Army Headquarters 1909-1911, and Director, Fortifications and Works, War Office 1911-1918. He retired in 1918.

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1901 for services in China, a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1907 Birthday Honours and a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1915 Birthday Honours. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1918 for valuable services rendered in connection with the War

Selected works

  • The royal engineers field-service pocket-book. 1894. 
  • The water supply of barracks and cantonments. 1896. 
  • The principles of structural design. ; vol. 1 (1897); vol. 2 (1898)
  • Recent works in the N. W. Frontier Province, India. 1905. 
  • Eastern missions from a soldier's standpoint. 1907. 
  • Works economics. 1910. 
  • Field entrenchments: spadework for riflemen, hasty fire cover, fire trenches, communications, concealment, obstruction, shelters. 1914. 
  • Canals & campaigns: an engineer officer in India, 1870-1885. British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia. 1987. 

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