John Burnett-Stuart
General Sir John Burnett-Stuart | |
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Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order | |
| Other work | Deputy lieutenant for Aberdeenshire |
DL (14 March 1875 – 6 October 1958) was a British Army general in the 1920s and 1930s.[1]
Military career
Educated at
captain on 20 February 1901, and awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1900.[2] Following the end of the war in June 1902, Burnett-Stuart returned to the United Kingdom on the SS Orotava which arrived at Southampton in early September.[4]
Burnett-Stuart served in the
executions.[5]
Burnett-Stuart returned to the United Kingdom and became
Mechanised force on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire.[2] He was appointed General Officer Commanding the British Troops in Egypt in 1931 and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Southern Command in 1934: he retired in 1938.[2]
Burnett-Stuart was also
Deputy Lieutenant for Aberdeenshire.[2]
Further reading
- To Change an Army: General Sir John Burnett-Stuart and British Armoured Doctrine, 1927–38 By Harold R Winton, Elsevier, 1988, ISBN 978-0-08-036270-0
References
- ^ "Obituary: Gen. Burnett-Stuart". The Times. 8 October 1958. p. 13.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Sir John Theodosius Burnett-Stuart Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ Hart's Army list, 1903
- ^ "The Army in South Africa – Troops returning home". The Times. No. 36858. London. 28 August 1902. p. 9.
- ^ University College, Dublin
- ISBN 0-19-820577-5(p. 183)
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