Charles Burnett (British Army officer)
Sir Charles Burnett | |
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| Born | 30 October 1843 Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
KCVO (30 October 1843 – 10 November 1915) was a British Army
officer at the end of the 19th century and during the early years of the 20th century.
Military career
Burnett was born in
Third Anglo-Ashanti War of 1873 to 1874, then attended and graduated from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He next saw active service in the Second Anglo-Afghan War of 1878 to 1880.[4]
Burnett became assistant adjutant-general in
Poona District by 1900.[8] He was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal in the 1900 Birthday Honours. He was promoted to lieutenant general in 1905.[4]
During the
military observer embedded within the Imperial Japanese Army in Manchuria from February to September 1905.[4]
He served as
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Western Command from 1907 to 1910.[9]
He retired in 1910.[4]
Notes
- ^ 1891 England Census
- ^ Who was who: A Companion to "Who's Who". A. & C. Black. 1967. p. 103. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1914). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (76th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2198.
- ^ a b c d e Kowner, Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War, p. 79.
- ^ "No. 22525". The London Gazette. 2 July 1861. p. 2738.
- ^ "No. 28817". The London Gazette. 31 March 1914. p. 2740.
- ^ "No. 26409". The London Gazette. 3 June 1893. p. 3251.
- ^ "No. 27195". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 May 1900. p. 3329.
- ^ "No. 28269". The London Gazette. 9 July 1909. p. 5282.
References
- Kowner, Rotem (2006). Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War. The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-4927-5.