| Sir Herbert Miles | |
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Lt. Gen. Sir Herbert Miles |
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| Born | 1850 |
| Died | 1926 |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1869-1919 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held | Staff College, Camberley British Troops in the Cape Colony |
| 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 St Michael and St George Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
Lieutenant General Sir Herbert Scott Gould Miles GCB GCMG GBE CVO (31 July 1850 – 1926) was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.
Miles was commissioned into the 101st Regiment of Foot in 1869.[1]
He had a change of career and became a barrister in the Inner Temple in 1880.[2]
He then rejoined the Army becoming Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General at the War Office in 1889 and then Assistant Adjutant-General at Aldershot Command in 1893.[2] In 1898 he was appointed Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley.[2]
He served in the Second Boer War as Deputy Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff for the Natal Field Force.[2] After the War he returned to his role at the Staff College and then, in 1903, became Commander of British Troops in the Cape Colony District.[2] He was appointed Director of Recruiting and Organisation at Army Headquarters in 1904 and Quartermaster-General to the Forces in 1908.[2]
He was Governor of Gibraltar from 1913; he retired in 1919.[2]
| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by Henry Hildyard |
Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley 1898–1903 |
Succeeded by Sir Henry Rawlinson |
| Preceded by Sir William Nicholson |
Quartermaster-General to the Forces 1908–1912 |
Succeeded by Sir John Cowans |
| Government offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Archibald Hunter |
Governor of Gibraltar 1913–1918 |
Succeeded by Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien |
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