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Lieutenant General Sir George Montague Harper (11 January 1865 – 15 December 1922) was a British general during the First World War. As a protégé of General Henry Wilson, he held important staff positions at the War Office before the war and at BEF GHQ in 1914. He later commanded the 51st (Highland) Division at the Battles of the Ancre, Arras, Third Ypres and Cambrai. It was widely claimed by tank officers that his adoption of idiosyncratic tactics at Cambrai caused his division's failure to reach its objectives, although this view has now been called into question. He commanded IV Corps in 1918.

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  • George Montague Harper
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  • Lieutenant General Sir George Montague Harper (11 January 1865 – 15 December 1922) was a British general during the First World War. As a protégé of General Henry Wilson, he held important staff positions at the War Office before the war and at BEF GHQ in 1914. He later commanded the 51st (Highland) Division at the Battles of the Ancre, Arras, Third Ypres and Cambrai. It was widely claimed by tank officers that his adoption of idiosyncratic tactics at Cambrai caused his division's failure to reach its objectives, although this view has now been called into question. He commanded IV Corps in 1918.
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  • 1884(xsd:integer)
Birth Date
  • 1865-01-11(xsd:date)
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  • 23(xsd:integer)
death place
  • Sherborne, Dorset, England
Name
  • Sir George Harper
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  • Lt-Gen Sir George Harper
Birth Place
  • Batheaston, Somerset, England
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death date
  • 1922-12-15(xsd:date)
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  • United Kingdom
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  • 1919(xsd:integer)
  • March 1918–November 1918
placeofburial
  • London Road Cemetery, Salisbury, Wiltshire
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  • Lieutenant General Sir George Montague Harper (11 January 1865 – 15 December 1922) was a British general during the First World War. As a protégé of General Henry Wilson, he held important staff positions at the War Office before the war and at BEF GHQ in 1914. He later commanded the 51st (Highland) Division at the Battles of the Ancre, Arras, Third Ypres and Cambrai. It was widely claimed by tank officers that his adoption of idiosyncratic tactics at Cambrai caused his division's failure to reach its objectives, although this view has now been called into question. He commanded IV Corps in 1918.
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