George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff

George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff in 1916

Major General Sir George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff KCB KCMG CIE (1855-1924) was a Scottish soldier and engineer.

Biography

Scott-Moncrieff joined the Royal Engineers in 1873 and served in Afghanistan from 1878-1880. He was an Instructor at the School of Military Engineering from 1893-1898. He was Commander of the Royal Engineers, China Expeditionary Force 1900-1901, taking part in the relief of Peking and the Waziristan expedition on the North West Frontier, India 1901-1902.[1]

He was Assistant Director, Fortifications and Works, Army Headquarters 1909-1911, and Director, Fortifications and Works, War Office 1911-1918. He retired in 1918.

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1901 for services in China,[2] a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1907 Birthday Honours[3] and a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1915 Birthday Honours.[4] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1918 for valuable services rendered in connection with the War[5]

References

  1. ↑ Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives: Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 27337. pp. 4916–4917. 23 July 1901.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28034. pp. 4430–4436. 25 June 1906.
  4. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 12813. pp. 770–770. 4 June 1915.
  5. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 13225. pp. 1048–1048. 19 March 1918.
Military offices
Preceded by
Frederick Rainsford-Hannay		 Director of Fortifications and Works
1911–1918 		Succeeded by
Philip Geoffrey Twining


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