Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan
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Field Marshal Frederick Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan, known as Viscount Kilcoursie from 1887 until 1900, was a British Army officer who served as chief of the imperial general staff (CIGS), the professional head of the British Army, in the 1920s.
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Cavan in the uniform of a lieutenant-colonel of the Grenadier Guards
General Haig (second left) in discussion with David Lloyd George in September 1916. Cavan is stood on the extreme right.
Lieutenant-General Rudolph Lambart (10th Earl of Cavan), the C-in-C of the British Army in Italy, and Major General Jean César Graziani, the C-in-C of the French Army in Italy, chatting before the presentation of decorations to soldiers of both armies after the Battle of the Piave River. Granezza, 12 July 1918.
General The Earl of Cavan, commanding the British forces in Italy, inspecting men of the 48th (South Midland) Division, Granezza, Asiago, September, 1918.
Eighteen Old Etonian generals revisit Eton, May 1919. General Cavan is sat in the front row on the extreme right
Lambart c. 1920-1925Awards 15
Connected to Rudolph 6
Fiorenzo Bava-BeccarisAlso won Grand Officer of the Military Order of Savoy
Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount TrenchardAlso won Croix de Guerre
August ReiAlso won Cross of Liberty
Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of MayoAlso won Knight of St. Patrick
Beniamino AndreattaAlso won Military Order of Italy
RanjitsinhjiAlso won Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British EmpireAbout this person
Field Marshal Frederick Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan, known as Viscount Kilcoursie from 1887 until 1900, was a British Army officer who served as chief of the imperial general staff (CIGS), the professional head of the British Army, in the 1920s. After being commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1885, he served in the Second Boer War as a company commander, then served with distinction during the First World War as a brigade, divisional, corps, and army commander, and later advised the British government on the implementation of the Geddes report, which advocated a large reduction in defence expenditure; he presided over a major reduction in the size of the British Army.
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