Cyril Blacklock

Cyril Blacklock
Born(1880-09-26)26 September 1880
Tadmarton, Oxfordshire, England[1]
Died14 October 1936(1936-10-14) (aged 56)
Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1901–1904
1914–1920
RankMajor-General
UnitKing's Royal Rifle Corps
Commands63rd (Royal Naval) Division
39th Division
9th (Scottish) Division
97th Brigade
182nd (2nd Warwickshire) Brigade
10th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Battles / warsSecond Boer War
First World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order & Bar
Mentioned in Despatches

Major-General Cyril Aubrey Blacklock, CB, CMG, DSO & Bar (26 September 1880 – 14 October 1936) was a British Army officer who commanded several divisions on the Western Front during the First World War.[2]

  1. ^ 1881 England Census
  2. ^ "Obituary: Major-General Blacklock". The Times. 16 October 1936. p. 16.