(1859-04-08)8 April 1859 Capel St Mary, Suffolk, England
Died
14 December 1927(1927-12-14) (aged 68) Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1878–1920
Rank
Lieutenant General
Unit
Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Commands held
Canadian Corps 1st Canadian Division
Battles/wars
First Boer War Anglo-Egyptian War
Battle of Tel-el-Kebir
Mahdist War Second Matabele War Second Boer War
Battle of Paardeberg
Siege of Kimberley
Battle of Driefontein
Battle of Witpoort
First World War
battle of Neuve Chapelle
Second battle of Ypres
battle of Festubert
Second Battle of Givenchy
Battle of St-Eloi
Awards
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Mentioned in Despatches Legion of Honour (France)
Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson, KCB (8 April 1859 – 14 December 1927) was a senior British Army officer who served in several campaigns of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. From 1915 to 1916 during the First World War he commanded the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the Western Front, during which time it saw heavy fighting.
Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson, KCB (8 April 1859 – 14 December 1927) was a senior British Army officer who served in several campaigns...
the whole army. The corps was commanded by Lieutenant General Sir E.A.H. Alderson, until 1916. Political considerations caused command to be passed to Lieutenant-General...
division was officially organized, under the command of Lieutenant-General EdwinAlderson, a British Army officer. Several units under command of the First Contingent...
many years and wrote most of his books there. Lieutenant General Sir EdwinAlderson also lived at Oulton Broad, on a houseboat, and died in 1927 at the...
and later, 4th divisions. Its first commander was Lieutenant-General EdwinAlderson, who was soon replaced by Lieutenant-General Julian Byng, in time to...
Chairman of the Imperial Munitions Board (1915–19) Lieutenant-General EdwinAlderson – Commander of the unified Canadian Corps of the Canadian Expeditionary...
Turner and Hughes sent erroneous messages back to Lieutenant General EdwinAlderson at divisional headquarters that their line had been broken and was in...
Byng took command of the Canadian Corps from Lieutenant-General Sir EdwinAlderson. Formal discussions for a spring offensive near Arras began, following...
to believe in its strengths despite the professional opinion of Sir EdwinAlderson, the British Army officer who was commander of the First Canadian Division...
through the whole army. Originally commanded by Lieutenant General Sir EdwinAlderson until 1916, command was then passed to Lieutenant General Sir Julian...
On 28 May 1916, in an abrupt change of command, Lieutenant-General EdwinAlderson was appointed to the largely ceremonial post of Inspector General of...
Canadian Brigade 1914–1915 Succeeded by Louis Lipsett Preceded by Sir EdwinAlderson GOC 1st Canadian Division 1915–1917 Succeeded by Archie Macdonell Preceded by...
Joseph Flavelle – Chairman of Imperial Munitions Board (1915–1919) EdwinAlderson – Commander of the Canadian Corps (1915–1916) Julian Byng – Commander...
and now houses Hayden Chemists Head Office. Lieutenant-General Sir EdwinAlderson, a keen yachtsman and canoeist, lived in his last years on a houseboat...
Sherrington (1857-1952), Nobel laureate and physician Lieutenant-General Sir EdwinAlderson (1859-1927), first commander Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War...
mariners, or other circumstances left to the Society's discretion. EdwinAlderson (Bronze Medal) Colin Albert Murdoch (Bronze Medal) Alexander I of Russia...
van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle (1702—1754) Lieutenant-General Sir EdwinAlderson (1859—1927), GOC Corps Brigadier Toby Low, 1st Baron Aldington (1914—2000)...
(previously "Hanwood Villa") beside the church. Lieutenant-General Sir EdwinAlderson (1859–1927) had his home at The Glen as a subtenant in the years 1914...
very reluctantly accepted a British officer, Lieutenant-General Sir EdwinAlderson, as the commander of the 1st Division when it turned out that there...
Brigade (Major-General Edward Hutton) 1st Corps Mounted Infantry: Lt-Col. EdwinAlderson 3rd Corps Mounted Infantry: Lt-Col. Thomas Pilcher 1st Canadian Mounted...
Lieutenant-General EdwinAlderson, as the commander of the 1st Canadian Division and only then because of the lack of a qualified Canadian officer. Alderson found...
died in the charge.) The Canadians mounted a counter-attack. Colonel EdwinAlderson sent two squadrons of the Canadians to assist 'the Irish on the kopje...
Force. On arrival at Plymouth a British officer, Lieutenant General EdwinAlderson, took overall command of the "Canadian Contingent" as the Expeditionary...
(quarterback), William Barnard (left halfback), Edward Brown (right halfback), EdwinAlderson (fullback). The substitutes were: E. F. Burk, Hamilton Derr, Efird,...