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Charles Edward Callwell
Born(1859-04-02)2 April 1859
London, England
DiedMay 1928 (aged 68–69)
Queen Alexandra Military Hospital, Millbank, London
AllegianceUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
UnitRoyal Artillery
Royal Garrison Artillery
Commands heldDirectorate of Operations & Intelligence (1914–16)
Battles/wars
  • Second Anglo-Afghan War
  • First Boer War
  • Second Boer War
  • World War I
Awards
  • Order of the Bath
  • Légion d'honneur (France)
  • Order of the Crown (Italy)
  • Order of the Rising Sun (Japan)
  • Order of the Redeemer (Greece)
  • Order of the Crown (Belgium)
  • Order of the Crown (Romania)
  • Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russia)
  • Order of the White Eagle (Serbia)
Other workAuthor

Major-General Sir Charles Edward Callwell KCB (2 April 1859 – May 1928), was an Anglo-Irish officer of the British Army, who served in the artillery, as an intelligence officer, and as a staff officer and commander during the Second Boer War, and as Director of Operations & Intelligence during World War I. He was also a noted writer of military biography, history, and theory.[1]

  1. ^ de Watteville, Hermann Gaston (1937). "Charles Edward Callwell". In Weaver, J. R. H. (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. (Fourth Supplement, 1922–1930). London: Oxford University Press. pp. 154–155. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

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