The Lord Milne
5 November 1866 – 23 March 1948
Field Marshal Lord Milne
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Scotland
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1885 - 1933
Rank	Field Marshal
Commands held	Chief of the Imperial General Staff Salonika Army
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 Distinguished Service Order

Field Marshal George Francis Milne, 1st Baron Milne GCB, GCMG, DSO (5 November 1866 – 23 March 1948), was a British military commander who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1926 to 1933.

Army career

The son of George Milne of Aberdeen, Milne was educated at Aberdeen Gymnasium and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1885.^[1] He served in the Nile Expedition in 1898 and in the Second Boer War from 1899 to 1902, where he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.^[2]

During the First World War he served on the General Staff and commanded the Salonika Army.^[3]

In 1922 he was appointed General Officer Commanding Eastern Command. He served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1926 to 1933^[3] and was promoted to field marshal in 1928. He was also Constable of The Tower of London from 1933 to 1938. In 1933 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Milne, of Salonika and of Rubislaw in the County of Aberdeen.^[4]

Family

Lord Milne married Claire Marjoribanks, daughter of Sir John Nisbet Maitland, 5th Baronet, in 1905. He died in March 1948, aged 81, and was succeeded in the Barony by his son George Douglass Milne.

References

Further reading

• Heathcote, T.A. (1999). The British Field Marshals 1736-1997. Pen & Sword Books Ltd. ISBN 0-85052-696-5

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