Henry Sclater

Sir Henry Sclater
Born	1855
Died	1923 (aged 67 or 68)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	General
Commands held	Southern Command
Battles/wars	Second Boer War World War I
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire

General Sir Henry Crichton Sclater GCB GBE (1855–1923) was a British Army General during World War I.

Military career

Henry Sclater was commissioned the Royal Artillery in 1875.^[1]

He was a General Staff Officer and later Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at the Headquarters for the Nile expedition between 1884 and 1885.^[1] He served in the Egyptian Frontier Field Force from 1885 to 1886 and was Deputy Assistant Adjutant General in Cairo from 1885 to 1890.^[1]

He served in the Second Boer War as Assistant Adjutant General, Royal Artillery and Colonel on the General Staff of the Royal Artillery.^[1]

He was Director of Artillery at the War Office from 1903 to 1904 when he became Quartermaster General for India.^[1] In 1908 he was appointed Commander of Quetta Division in India.^[1]

He served in World War I as Adjutant-General to the Forces and a Member of Army Council from 1914 to 1916: in this capacity he was responsible for the expansion of the Army in 1914.^[2] He then served as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Southern Command from 1916 to 1919.^[1] He retired in 1922.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
^ Kitchener's army: the raising of the new armies, 1914-16 By Peter Simkins, Page 37 Manchester University Press, 1988, ISBN 978-0719026379

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Spencer Ewart	Adjutant General 1914–1916	Succeeded by Sir Nevil Macready
Preceded by Sir William Campbell	GOC-in-C Southern Command 1916–1919	Succeeded by Sir George Harper

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Name	Sclater, Henry
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Date of birth	1855
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Date of death	1923
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