Edward John Granet | |
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| Born | August 1858 |
| Died | 22 October 1918 (aged 60) Switzerland |
| Buried | Schosshalden cemetery, Bern |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1878–1918 |
| Rank | Brigadier-general |
| Unit | Royal Artillery |
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| Awards | CB |
Brigadier-General Edward John Granet CB (August 1858 – 22 October 1918) was a British Army general. He had a long career serving in the field in the Second Anglo-Afghan War and in the 1884 Nile Expedition. He later became a staff officer and served as Deputy Assistant Adjutant General for intelligence in the Second Boer War.
Granet became military attaché to the British Embassy in Rome and Bern in 1911 and played a vital role in providing military intelligence out of Switzerland at the start of the First World War. At his instigation an air raid was carried out by British forces from southern France against a German hydrogen factory and zeppelin depot near to the Swiss border. This was successfully carried out and resulted in severe damage to the facility. Granet returned to action in 1915 commanding the artillery of the 11th (Northern) Division at Gallipoli. On 13 August that year he was severely wounded by an enemy shell. Granet was subsequently placed on half-pay (retirement) due to the severity of his injuries but returned to duty in 1917 when he was re-appointed as military attaché to Bern. He died of his earlier wounds in Switzerland on 22 October 1918, becoming the last British general to die from enemy action in the war.