Charles Grant (British Army officer)

General

Sir Charles Grant
Born(1877-08-13)13 August 1877
London, England
Died9 November 1950(1950-11-09) (aged 73)
Epsom, Surrey, England
Buried
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1897–1940
RankGeneral
UnitColdstream Guards
CommandsScottish Command
London District
53rd (Welsh) Division
8th Infantry Brigade
137rd (Staffordshire) Brigade
3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards
Battles / warsSecond Boer War
First World War
Second World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches (7)
Legion of Honour (France)

General Sir Charles John Cecil Grant, KCB, KCVO, DSO (13 August 1877 – 9 November 1950) was a senior British Army officer. He saw active service in the Second Boer War in South Africa from 1899 to 1902, in the First World War of 1914 to 1918, and was a general officer during the 1930s and the early stages of the Second World War.[1]

  1. ^ Smart 2005, p. 128.