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Major-General Herman James Shelley Landon, CB, CMG, (23 August 1859 – 16 October 1948), was a British Army officer. During the Boer War he commanded a battalion, and was promoted in the interwar period to take command of a brigade in the British Expeditionary Force. He commanded the brigade during the early fighting on the Western Front in the First World War, and succeeded to the command of 1st Infantry Division when his commanding officer was killed at the First Battle of Ypres; he later commanded four more New Army divisions during the war.

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  • Herman Landon
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  • Major-General Herman James Shelley Landon, CB, CMG, (23 August 1859 – 16 October 1948), was a British Army officer. During the Boer War he commanded a battalion, and was promoted in the interwar period to take command of a brigade in the British Expeditionary Force. He commanded the brigade during the early fighting on the Western Front in the First World War, and succeeded to the command of 1st Infantry Division when his commanding officer was killed at the First Battle of Ypres; he later commanded four more New Army divisions during the war.
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serviceyears
  • 1879(xsd:integer)
Birth Date
  • 1859-08-23(xsd:date)
Commands
  • 1(xsd:integer)
  • 2(xsd:integer)
  • 3(xsd:integer)
  • 9(xsd:integer)
  • 33(xsd:integer)
  • 35(xsd:integer)
  • 64(xsd:integer)
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death place
  • Scottow, Norfolk
Name
  • Herman James Shelley Landon
Caption
  • Landon, presumably between 1911 and 1914
Title
  • General Officer Commanding the 9th (Scottish) Division
  • General Officer Commanding the 1st Division
  • General Officer Commanding the 33rd Division
  • General Officer Commanding the 35th Division
  • General Officer Commanding the 64th Division
Awards
death date
  • 1948-10-16(xsd:date)
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Allegiance
  • United Kingdom
Years
  • --10-31
  • August 1917 – May 1918
  • January 1915 — September 1915
  • September 1915 – September 1916
  • September 1916 – July 1917
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  • Major-General Herman James Shelley Landon, CB, CMG, (23 August 1859 – 16 October 1948), was a British Army officer. During the Boer War he commanded a battalion, and was promoted in the interwar period to take command of a brigade in the British Expeditionary Force. He commanded the brigade during the early fighting on the Western Front in the First World War, and succeeded to the command of 1st Infantry Division when his commanding officer was killed at the First Battle of Ypres; he later commanded four more New Army divisions during the war.
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