Noel Birch

Sir Noel Birch
1917 portrait by Francis Dodd
Birth name	James Frederick Noel Birch
Nickname(s)	'Curly'
Born	(1865-12-29)29 December 1865 Llanrhaiadr, Denbighshire
Died	3 February 1939(1939-02-03) (aged 73) Lambeth, London, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1885–1927
Rank	General
Unit	Royal Horse Artillery
Commands	Master-General of the Ordnance Territorial Army 7th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery 30th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry
Battles / wars	Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War Second Boer War Siege of Kimberley Battle of Diamond Hill First World War Western Front Great Retreat First Battle of the Aisne
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[1]

General Sir James Frederick Noel Birch, GBE, KCB, KCMG (29 December 1865 – 3 February 1939) was a British Royal Artillery officer during the Second Boer War and the First World War who served as Master-General of the Ordnance from 1923 to 1927. The Birch gun was named after him.