George Erskine

Sir George Erskine
Nickname(s)	"Bobby"[1]
Born	(1899-08-23)23 August 1899 Hascombe, Surrey, England
Died	29 August 1965(1965-08-29) (aged 66) Rusper, West Sussex, England
Buried	Saint Mary Magdalene Churchyard, Rusper
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1918–1958
Rank	General
Service number	15806
Unit	King's Royal Rifle Corps
Commands	Southern Command (1955–58) East Africa Command (1953–55) Eastern Command (1952–53) British Troops in Egypt (1949–52) British Forces in Hong Kong (1946–48) 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division (1945–46) 7th Armoured Division (1943–44) 69th Infantry Brigade (1941–42) 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (1940–41)
Battles / wars	First World War Second World War North African campaign Italian campaign Operation Overlord Battle of Normandy Battle of Ismailia Mau Mau Uprising
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches
Relations	Major General George Elphinstone Erskine (father)

General Sir George Watkin Eben James Erskine, GCB, KBE, DSO (23 August 1899 – 29 August 1965) was a British Army officer from Hascombe, Surrey. After he graduated from Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Erskine was commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps and saw action on the Western Front of the First World War. During the Second World War, he commanded the 7th Armoured Division from 1943 to 1944. Erksine later commanded counterinsurgency operations against the Kenya Land and Freedom Army (KLFA) during the Mau Mau rebellion.^[2]