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Brigadier-General Arthur Frank Umfreville Green CMG DSO[1] (20 August 1878 – 20 April 1964) was a senior British Army officer in World War I and author of several publications.[2]
Arthur Frank Umfreville Green | |
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Born | 20 August 1878 |
Died | 20 April 1964 85) | (aged
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Rank | Brigadier-General |
Commands | 4th Battalion, Sussex Home Guard |
Battles/wars | Anglo-Boer War World War I World War II |
Awards | Distinguished Service Order |
Green was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery on 23 December 1897,[3] and in March 1900 left Southampton on the SS Umbria to serve in South Africa in the Second Boer War.[4] During World War I he was deployed in Flanders and in Italy. He served as a quartermaster general with the XI Corps and was part of the Inter-Allied Commission at the Spa Conference of 1920.[5] From 1920 to 1924 he was commanded to Malta.[5] In World War II he commanded the 4th battalion of the Sussex Home Guard.
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