John Duncan (British Army officer, born 1872)

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Sir John Duncan
Born(1872-02-24)24 February 1872
Mentioned in Despatches
Order of the White Eagle (Serbia)[2]

CVO, DSO (24 February 1872 – 17 September 1948) was a British Army officer who commanded the Shanghai Defence Force
.

Military career

Duncan was educated at the Royal Military College, and joined the

North West Frontier of the British Raj from 1897 to 1898, before taking part in the Second Boer War (1899–1901).[4] On 31 January 1902 he was seconded for service on the Staff,[5] and appointed brigade major of the infantry brigade at Malta.[6][7]

Duncan served in the

General Officer Commanding 22nd Division in Macedonia in 1917.[4] After the war he became major general on the General Staff of the Army of the Black Sea from April to December 1919.[4]

He was appointed military

Jiangwan.[9] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding 1st Division at Aldershot early in 1928 before retiring later that year.[4]

Duncan was Chief Commissioner of the

Venerable Order of St John in 1946.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c DUNCAN, Maj.-Gen. Sir John, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2015 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
  2. ^ Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik. p. 597.
  3. ^ "No. 26140". The London Gazette. 3 March 1891. p. 1203.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Duncan, Sir John". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  5. ^ "No. 27418". The London Gazette. 21 March 1902. p. 1963.
  6. ^ "No. 27409". The London Gazette. 21 February 1902. p. 1120.
  7. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36658. London. 7 January 1902. p. 8.
  8. ^ Queen's Royal Surreys
  9. ^ Streets of Shanghai
  10. ^ "No. 37632". The London Gazette. 28 June 1946. p. 3288.
Military offices
Preceded by GOC 22nd Division
1917–1919 		Division disbanded
Preceded by GOC 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division
1923–1927 		Succeeded by
Preceded by GOC 1st Division
March–December 1928 		Succeeded by
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