Major-General

Major-General (United Kingdom)

Major general is a senior rank in the British Army. Since 1996 the highest position within the Royal Marines is the Commandant General Royal Marines who holds the rank of major general...

 Sir Stanley Brenton Von Donop KCB

Order of the Bath

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 KCMG

Order of St Michael and St George

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 (died 1942) is a former Master-General of the Ordnance

Master-General of the Ordnance

The Master-General of the Ordnance was a very senior British military position before 1855, when the Board of Ordnance was abolished.-Responsibilities:...

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Military career

Von Donop was commissioned into the Royal Artillery

Royal Artillery

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. He served in the Second Boer War

Second Boer War

The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State...

 and in 1901 was appointed Commanding Officer

Commanding officer

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 of Lord Methuen

Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen

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's Composite Regiment of Australia

Australia

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n Bushmen. He led an important action at Kleinfontein

Kleinfontein

Kleinfontein is a new settlement near Pretoria, South Africa that was founded by Afrikaners who want to preserve their culture. It has only recently been developed and has a limited economy...

 the following year.

In 1908 he was appointed Chief Instructor at the School of Gunnery and in 1911 he was appointed Director of Artillery at the War Office

War Office

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He had a key role in World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 having been appointed Master-General of the Ordnance

Master-General of the Ordnance

The Master-General of the Ordnance was a very senior British military position before 1855, when the Board of Ordnance was abolished.-Responsibilities:...

 in 1913. He ordered the 6-inch howitsers which were the main instrument for the bombardments on the Western Front

Western Front (World War I)

Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by first invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The tide of the advance was dramatically turned with the Battle of the Marne...

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He was also Colonel Commandant

Colonel Commandant

Colonel Commandant is a military title used in the armed forces of some English-speaking countries. The title, not a substantive rank, could denote a senior colonel with authority over fellow colonels...

 of the Royal Artillery

Royal Artillery

The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:...

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