Sir Claud Jacob | |
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 Lieutenant General Claud Jacob c. 1916 | |
| Born | 21 November 1863 Mahidpur, British India |
| Died | 2 June 1948 (aged 84) |
| Service | Indian Army |
| Years of service | 1882–1925 |
| Rank | Field Marshal |
| Commands | Commander-in-Chief, India Northern Command, India Chief of the General Staff (India) II Corps 21st Division 106th Hazara Pioneers Zhob Levy Corps |
| Battles / wars | North-West Frontier First World War |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George |
| Relations | Lieutenant General Sir Ian Jacob (son) |
Field Marshal Sir Claud William Jacob, GCB, GCSI, KCMG (21 November 1863 – 2 June 1948) was a British Indian Army officer. He served in the First World War as commander of the Dehra Dun Brigade, as General Officer Commanding 21st Division and as General Officer Commanding II Corps in the Fifth Army. During the Battle of the Somme, his corps undertook the British attack during the Battle of Thiepval Ridge in September 1916 and the subsequent assault on St Pierre Divion during the Battle of the Ancre in November 1916. He remained in command of II Corps for the Battle of Passchendaele in Autumn 1917. After the War he commanded a corps of the British Army of the Rhine during the occupation there and then served as Chief of the General Staff in India. He went on to be General Officer Commanding Northern Command in India before temporarily becoming Commander-in-Chief, India and then taking over as Military Secretary to the India Office.