Charles Ross | |
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Born | 10 March 1864 |
Died | 21 December 1930 Compton, Hampshire, England | (aged 66)
Buried | All Saints Churchyard, Compton |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service | British Army |
Years of service | 1884–1917 |
Rank | Major general |
Unit | Dorsetshire Regiment Norfolk Regiment |
Commands | 6th Division 69th (2nd East Anglian) Division |
Battles / wars | Boer War First World War |
Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath[1] Mentioned in dispatches Distinguished Service Order |
Relations | Ronald Ross (brother), Campbell Claye Grant Ross (father) |
Other work | author |
Major-General Charles Ross (10 March 1864 – 21 December 1930), CB, DSO, was a British Army officer, active during the Boer War and the First World War, where he commanded 6th Division from 1915 to 1917. He was the younger brother of Sir Ronald Ross, who received the 1902 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering the method by which malaria was transmitted.