George Macdonogh

Sir George Macdonogh
Born	4 March 1865 Sunderland
Died	10 July 1942 (aged 77) Teddington
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1884–1922
Rank	Lieutenant General
Battles/wars	World War I
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Knight's Cross of the Order of St. Sylvester

Lieutenant General Sir George Mark Watson Macdonogh GBE KCB KCMG (4 March 1865 – 10 July 1942) was a British Army general officer. After early service in the Royal Engineers he became a staff officer prior to the outbreak of the First World War. His main role in the war was as Director of Military Intelligence at the War Office in 1916-18.

Early career

Macdonough joined the Royal Engineers in 1884.^[1] He became Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Royal Engineers at Headquarters Ireland in 1898, Brigade Major at the School of Military Engineering in 1899 and Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General for Thames District in 1903.^[1] He went on to be a General Staff Officer at the War Office in 1906.^[1]

He served in World War I as a General Staff Officer at General Headquarters of the British Expeditionary Force and then as Director of Military Intelligence at the War Office from 1916.^[1] In 1918 he became Adjutant-General to the Forces, a post he held until September 1922.^[2]

References

1. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
2. Catholic Herald obit, July 1942

References

• Ian F. W. Beckett (2004) "Macdonogh, Sir George Mark Watson (1865–1942)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edition, accessed 16 Oct 2008
• National Archives for: "Macdonogh, Sir George Mark Watson (1865-1942) Knight Lieutenant General"