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| rdfs:comment | - Major-General Gerald James Cuthbert CB, CMG (12 September 1861 – 1 February 1931) was a British Army officer who commanded a battalion in the Boer War and a division in the First World War. Cuthbert joined the Scots Guards in 1882 and served in Egypt and the Sudan during the late 19th century. During the Boer War he served with his regiment, rising to command a battalion and after the war he was given command of a brigade in the Territorial Force and then in the British Expeditionary Force of 1914. He served on the Western Front from 1914 to 1917, rising to command 39th Division, then returned to home service before retiring in 1919.
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| Nickname | - "Spit and Polish"
- "Bluebell"
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| Caption | - Major-General Cuthbert, c. 1917
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| Title | - General Officer Commanding the 39th Division
- General Officer Commanding the 72nd Division
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| Years | - July 1916 – August 1917
- September 1917 – January 1918
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| abstract | - Major-General Gerald James Cuthbert CB, CMG (12 September 1861 – 1 February 1931) was a British Army officer who commanded a battalion in the Boer War and a division in the First World War. Cuthbert joined the Scots Guards in 1882 and served in Egypt and the Sudan during the late 19th century. During the Boer War he served with his regiment, rising to command a battalion and after the war he was given command of a brigade in the Territorial Force and then in the British Expeditionary Force of 1914. He served on the Western Front from 1914 to 1917, rising to command 39th Division, then returned to home service before retiring in 1919.
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