Years of service 1898 - 1937 Role British Army officer Service/branch British Army Allegiance United Kingdom | Name Thomas Humphreys Died 1955 Rank Lieutenant general | |
Commands held 7th Indian Infantry Brigade
Staff College, Quetta
5th Infantry Division Battles/wars Second Boer War
World War I Awards Order of the Bath, Order of St Michael and St George, Distinguished Service Order Battles and wars Second Boer War, World War I | ||
Lieutenant General Sir Edward Thomas Humphreys KCB CMG DSO (1878–1955) was a British Army officer who commanded 5th Division.
Military career
Humphreys was commissioned into the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1898. He served in the Second Boer War as Adjutant of the Mounted Infantry Battalion. He served in World War I in France and then with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force latterly as a Brigade Commander. After the War he became a Commander of the 7th Indian Infantry Brigade before being appointed Deputy Director of Military Operations and Intelligence at the War Office in 1925. He went on to be Commandant of the Staff College, Quetta in India in 1928 and General Officer Commanding 5th Division in 1931 before retiring in 1937.
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