Edward Perceval

Major-General Sir Edward Maxwell Perceval KCB, DSO (13 August 1861 – 26 November 1955) was a British Army officer.

Edward Perceval
Born13 August 1861
Died26 November 1955 (aged 94)
Farnham, Surrey, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1880−
RankMajor-General
UnitRoyal Artillery
Commands held49th (West Riding) Division
68th (2nd Welsh) Division
Battles/warsSecond Boer War
First World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order

Military career

Educated at Royal Academy, Gosport and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Perceval was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 19 May 1880.[1] He saw action in the Second Boer War for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.[2] He became Commander, Royal Artillery for 2nd Infantry Division in April 1914, and deployed to France with the British Expeditionary Force in August 1914 at the start of the First World War.[3] He became General Officer Commanding the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division, which was also engaged on the Western Front, in July 1915 and, after falling ill, returned to the UK to become General Officer Commanding the 68th (2nd Welsh) Division in December 1917.[4] After that he became Commander of the troops at Shorncliffe Army Camp in 1919.[5]

Family

In 1894 he married Marian Bowles; they had one son.[5] After his first wife died in 1896, he married Norah Mayne in 1906; they had one son and one daughter.[5]

References
  1. "No. 24848". The London Gazette. 28 May 1880. p. 3221.
  2. "No. 27306". The London Gazette. 19 April 1901. p. 2700.
  3. "2nd Division". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  4. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  5. Obituary: Major-General Sir Edward Maxwell Perceval KCB, DSO, The Times, 26 November 1955
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