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Major-General Sir Edward Northey, GCMG, CB (May 1868 – December 1953) was a senior British Army officer of the First World War who commanded a brigade on the Western Front until wounded in 1915. Returning to service in 1916, Northey took command of a colonial force in Nyasaland in the East African Campaign, later becoming Governor of Kenya. He later served as a general of Territorial forces and retired in 1926.

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  • Edward Northey (British Army officer)
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  • Major-General Sir Edward Northey, GCMG, CB (May 1868 – December 1953) was a senior British Army officer of the First World War who commanded a brigade on the Western Front until wounded in 1915. Returning to service in 1916, Northey took command of a colonial force in Nyasaland in the East African Campaign, later becoming Governor of Kenya. He later served as a general of Territorial forces and retired in 1926.
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  • 1888(xsd:integer)
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  • 1919(xsd:integer)
  • 1922(xsd:integer)
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  • May 1868
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  • Nyasa-Rhodesia Field Force
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  • 22(xsd:integer)
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  • Sir Edward Northey
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  • 1922(xsd:integer)
  • 1924(xsd:integer)
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  • December 1953
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  • United Kingdom
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  • Major-General Sir Edward Northey, GCMG, CB (May 1868 – December 1953) was a senior British Army officer of the First World War who commanded a brigade on the Western Front until wounded in 1915. Returning to service in 1916, Northey took command of a colonial force in Nyasaland in the East African Campaign, later becoming Governor of Kenya. He later served as a general of Territorial forces and retired in 1926.
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