Claude Moore

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Claude Moore
Born9 February 1875
DiedSeptember 1928
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands held157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade
Ahmednagar Brigade
42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division
Battles/warsSecond Boer War
First World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order

Major-General Claude Douglas Hamilton Moore CB, CMG, DSO (9 February 1875 – September 1928) was a British Army officer.

Military career[edit]

Moore was commissioned into the Suffolk Regiment on 27 November 1895.[1] After transferring to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, he fought in the Second Boer War[2] and also saw action on the Western Front in the early stages of the First World War for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.[3] He became commander of the 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade serving in the Middle Eastern theatre in October 1916 before later becoming commander of the Ahmednagar Brigade in India in January 1920.[4]

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1925 Birthday Honours[5] and became General Officer Commanding 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division in March 1927 before his death in September 1928.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "No. 26683". The London Gazette. 26 November 1895. p. 6673.
  2. ^ "Death of Major-General". Malaya Tribune. 15 September 1928. p. 9. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. ^ "No. 29111". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 March 1915. p. 2939.
  4. ^ a b "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  5. ^ "No. 33053". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1925. p. 3769.
Military offices
Preceded by GOC 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division
1927–1928
Succeeded by