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Francis Davies (British Army officer)

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on 7 September 1902. Two years later he was appointed Assistant Director of Military Operations in 1904. He was the British delegate to the International Conference on Wireless Telegraphy in
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Davies returned to the United Kingdom in 1902 and was temporarily employed in the Intelligence Department until he became Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General at the
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in October 1899, he served as a DAAG, responsible for intelligence at army headquarters in South Africa. He was appointed acting Commissioner of Police for
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were dedicated and he personally participated at 41 of these. From 1935 to 1947 he also held the position of Deputy Grand Master of the
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The County Families of the United Kingdom Or Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland
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in July 1881. He transferred from the Worcesters to a regular commission in the
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Overview of the origins of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Worcestershire
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where he became a deputy assistant adjutant general (DAAG) for the
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4th (Worcestershire Militia) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
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to the 2nd Battalion of his new regiment in 1893. Promoted to
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Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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in 1914, in which capacity he led the division at the
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in 1906 and then Assistant Quartermaster General for
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From 1919 until his death in 1948, Davies served as
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London
Pershore
British Army
General
Worcestershire Regiment
Grenadier Guards
Scottish Command
8th Division
1st Guards Brigade
Second Boer War
First World War
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
General
KCB
KCMG
KCVO
British Army
officer
8th Division
First World War
London
Thomas Henry Hastings Davies
Worcester
Sir Thomas Byam Martin
Elmley Castle
Pershore
Henry Rodolph Davies

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