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Edward Northey

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Gender Male
Death70 years ago
Date of birth May 28,1868
Zodiac sign Gemini
Date of died December 25,1953
Years of service1888 to 1926
Battles and wars Second Boer War
World War I
Western Front
East African Campaign
Awards Order of St Michael and St George
Order of the Bath
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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Edward Northey Life story


Major General Sir Edward Northey GCMG, CB was a senior British Army officer of the First World War who commanded a brigade on the Western Front until wounded in 1915. Returning to service in 1916, Northey took command of a colonial force in Nyasaland in the East African Campaign, later becoming Governor of Kenya.

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