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  • Geoffrey Barton
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  • Major General Sir Geoffrey Barton KCVO CB CMG KStJ (1844-1922) of the 7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers), served the British Army from 1862 until 1904. Although he saw service in Ireland, Hong Kong and India, the majority of his campaigns were on the African continent. During the Second Boer War he was put in command of the 6th Brigade of the South Natal Field Force, taking part in the Relief of Ladysmith and the Relief of Mafeking. When he retired to Scotland he took an interest in local politics, the Red Cross Society and the Boy Scout Movement.
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serviceyears
  • 1862
Birth Date
  • 1844-02-22
Commands
  • 6
Branch
  • 23
death place
  • Dumfries, Scotland
Name
  • Geoffrey Barton
  • London to Ladysmith via Pretoria by Sir Winston S. Churchill
No
  • 14426
Birth Place
  • Stuttgardt, Germany
Awards
death date
  • 1922-07-08
Rank
Battles
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honorific prefix
  • Sir
abstract
  • Major General Sir Geoffrey Barton KCVO CB CMG KStJ (1844-1922) of the 7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers), served the British Army from 1862 until 1904. Although he saw service in Ireland, Hong Kong and India, the majority of his campaigns were on the African continent. During the Second Boer War he was put in command of the 6th Brigade of the South Natal Field Force, taking part in the Relief of Ladysmith and the Relief of Mafeking. When he retired to Scotland he took an interest in local politics, the Red Cross Society and the Boy Scout Movement.