Edward Northey
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 71 years ago |
Date of birth | May 28,1868 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Date of died | December 25,1953 |
Years of service | 1888 to 1926 |
Battles and wars | Second Boer War |
World War I | |
Western Front | |
East African Campaign | |
Awards | Order of St Michael and St George |
Order of the Bath | |
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ID | 850664 |
Edward Northey Life story
Major General Sir Edward Northey GCMG, CB was a senior British Army officer of the First World War who commanded a brigade on the Western Front until wounded in 1915. Returning to service in 1916, Northey took command of a colonial force in Nyasaland in the East African Campaign, later becoming Governor of Kenya.