Charles Grant (British Army officer)

General Sir Charles John Cecil Grant KCB KCVO DSO (1877–1950) was a British Army General during World War II.

Military career

Charles Grant was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1897.^[1] He served in the Second Boer War in South Africa from 1899 to 1902.^[1]

He also served in World War I initially as a Brigade Major for 3rd Infantry Brigade which formed part of the British Expeditionary Force deployed to France in 1914.^[1] He was a General Staff Officer in various formations before becoming temporary Commander of 1st Infantry Brigade in 1917.^[1] In 1918 he was assigned to General Headquarters of the French Army, as a liaison officer between General Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff and French Marshal Ferdinand Foch.^[1]

He became Commanding Officer of 3rd Bn Coldstream Guards in 1919 moving on to join the General Staff in Egypt in 1921.^[1] In 1925 he became Commander of 137 (Staffordshire) Brigade and in 1927 Commander of 8th Infantry Brigade.^[1]

In 1930 he became General Officer Commanding 53rd (Welsh) Division and in 1932 Major-General commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding London District.^[1] In 1937 he was appointed General Officer Commanding in Chief of Scottish Command and Governor of Edinburgh Castle retiring from that post in 1940.^[1]

He was also Honorary Colonel of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry from 1930 to 1946.^[1]

He lived at Pitchford Manor^[2] in Shropshire.^[3]

Family

He was married to Sybil and had one son.^[4]

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