Percy Radcliffe (British Army officer)

Sir Percy Radcliffe
Born	9 February 1874
Died	9 February 1934 (aged 60)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1893 - 1934
Rank	General
Commands held	48th Division 4th Division Scottish Command Southern Command
Battles/wars	Second Boer War World War I
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order

General Sir Percy Pollexfen de Blaquiere Radcliffe KCB KCMG DSO (9 February 1874 – 9 February 1934) was a British Army officer who reached high office in the 1930s.

Military career

Percy Radcliffe was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1893.^[1] He saw service with 'G' Battery, Royal Horse Artillery in the Second Boer War between 1899 and 1900.^[1] He saw active service during World War I on the Western Front.^[1] When William Robertson was replaced as CIGS in early 1918 by Sir Henry Wilson, Radcliffe was appointed Director of Military Operations at the War Office. He replaced Major-General Frederick Maurice.^[2] Radcliffe continued as DMO from 1918 until 1922.^[1] He was appointed General Officer Commanding 48th Division in 1923, General Officer Commanding 4th Division in 1926 and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Scottish Command in 1930.^[3] His final appointment was as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Southern Command from 1933 until his death, when he fell from a horse, in 1934.^[4]

Family

He married twice - first to Rahmeh Theodora Swinburne in 1918 and then to Florence Alice Coromandel Tagg in 1932.^[5]

Works

• Tactical Employment of Field Artillery (which he translated from the French).
• Report on the Franco-British Mission to Poland, July, August 1920

References