1. George Thesiger's career had encompassed military service in Egypt, South Africa, Ireland, British India and France and had been rewarded with membership in two chivalric orders.
12 Facts About George Thesiger
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George Thesiger was the middle of three children, with one older sister, Ethel Mary, and one younger brother, Gerald.
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George Thesiger was the grandson of the politician Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford and nephew of Major General Frederic Thesiger and the judge Alfred Henry Thesiger.
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George Thesiger was educated at Eton College before attending the Royal Military College, Sandhurst for training as an infantry officer.
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Aged 21, George Thesiger was gazetted into the Rifle Brigade as a second lieutenant on 19 March 1890, and served with his unit in England until 1898, when the regiment was dispatched to Egypt.
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George Thesiger received a brevet appointment as major on 16 November 1898 for his service.
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George Thesiger was mentioned in dispatches for his conduct during the engagement, and received a brevet appointment as lieutenant colonel in the South African honours list on 29 November 1900.
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George Thesiger was promoted to brevet colonel in November 1906.
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George Thesiger was only in this position for just over a week when on 8 September 1915, he was again transferred to command another division, the 9th, another division of Kitchener's Army, which was then serving in France and which he would command during the opening of the forthcoming battle of Loos.
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Two days after the battle opened towards the end of the month, George Thesiger's division was suffering heavy casualties and reports were reaching divisional headquarters that the 73rd Infantry Brigade was on the verge of breaking.
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George Thesiger immediately departed for the front line to investigate the situation with his divisional staff and was touring a trench at Fosse 8 opposite the Hohenzollern Redoubt when the German artillery opened fire on the British positions.
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Major General George Thesiger's name is amongst the 20,000 recorded on the Loos Memorial to the missing.