Alfred Codrington first saw active service during the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882, where he was mentioned in despatches.
16 Facts About Alfred Codrington
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Alfred Codrington was promoted to captain on 18 April 1885, to major on 4 December 1889, and to lieutenant-colonel on 29 September 1898.
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Alfred Codrington commanded the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards in the Second Boer War between 1899 and 1902, where he was wounded twice.
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Alfred Codrington took part in the Battle of Magersfontein on 11 December 1899, in which the defending Boer force defeated the advancing British forces amongst heavy casualties for the latter.
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Alfred Codrington was mentioned in the despatch from Lord Methuen describing the battle and how he "though wounded, insisted on remaining in command of his battalion till nightfall".
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Alfred Codrington was mentioned in despatches later in the war, and given a brevet promotion as colonel dated 29 November 1900.
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Alfred Codrington did not stay there long as on 21 August 1903 he was appointed in command of the Coldstream Guards.
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Alfred Codrington was promoted to major general in February 1907.
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Alfred Codrington commanded the 1st London Division of the Territorial Force from March 1908 to 1909, when he was appointed Major-General commanding the Brigade of Guards and general officer commanding London District, retiring from this post in 1913.
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Alfred Codrington returned to duty after the outbreak of the First World War, serving as the Military Secretary to Lord Kitchener, the Secretary of State for War, from August until October 1914.
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Alfred Codrington was then appointed to command Third Army in the Home Forces; this was based around Luton, and contained four Territorial divisions and two Territorial cavalry brigades.
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Alfred Codrington was appointed to sit on a Pensions Appeal Tribunal in the summer of 1917, which dealt with appeals against governmental decisions on military pensions, and later published a book on War Pensions: Past and Present, co-authored with Edward Abbott Parry, another member of the Tribunal.
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Alfred Codrington was appointed chairman of the Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs in 1917, and President of the Association in 1932.
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Alfred Codrington served as the Commissioner for London Boy Scouts from 1917 to 1923.
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Alfred Codrington married Adela Harriet Portal, the niece of the Earl of Minto, in 1885; she died in 1935.
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Colonel Sir Geoffrey Alfred Codrington became the High Sheriff of Wiltshire and was an usher to both King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II, while William was the Chief Security Officer to the War Cabinet during the Second World War and later High Sheriff of Rutland.