George Milne, 1st Baron Milne

Field Marshal The Right Honourable The Lord Milne
Field Marshal Lord Milne by Olive Edis (1920)
Nickname(s)	"Uncle George"
Born	(1866-11-05)5 November 1866 Aberdeen, Scotland
Died	23 March 1948(1948-03-23) (aged 81) London, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1885–1933
Rank	Field Marshal
Unit	Royal Artillery
Commands	Chief of the Imperial General Staff Eastern Command Salonika Army XVI Corps 27th Division
Battles / wars	Mahdist War Second Boer War First World War Turkish War of Independence
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches Grand Cross of the Order of the White Eagle (Serbia)[1] Grand Officer of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Italy) Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer (Greece) War Cross (Greece) Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (France)
Other work	Constable of the Tower of London (1933–38)

Field Marshal George Francis Milne, 1st Baron Milne, GCB, GCMG, DSO, KStJ (5 November 1866 – 23 March 1948) was a senior British Army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) from 1926 to 1933. He served in the Second Boer War and during the First World War he served briefly on the Western Front but spent most of the war commanding the British forces on the Macedonian front. As CIGS he generally promoted the mechanisation of British land forces although limited practical progress was made during his term in office.