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General Sir Robert Dundas Whigham (5 August 1865 – 23 June 1950) was a British Army officer and a former Adjutant-General to the Forces. ==Military career== Educated at Fettes College in Edinburgh and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Robert Whigham was commissioned into the 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1885.〔(Anglo Boer War )〕 He became Adjutant for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1892 and was seconded to the Egyptian Army in 1897 and served in the Nile Expedition of 1898 with the 13th Sudanese Battalion.〔 He served in the Second Boer War at Army Headquarters in South Africa and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1902.〔 He then became Brigade Major for 2nd Army Corps in November 1902.〔 He also served in the First World War with the British Expeditionary Force.〔 He was appointed Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff at the War Office in 1915.〔 He became General Officer Commanding 59th (2nd North Midland) Division in June 1918 and GOC 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division in August 1918.〔〔Maj A.F. Becke,''History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2b: The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th), with the Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions,'' London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-39-8, pp. 17, 41〕〔Maj A.F. Becke,''History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 4: The Army Council, GHQs, Armies, and Corps 1914–1918'', London: HM Stationery Office, 1944/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-43-6, p. 2.〕 After the War he became General Officer Commanding of the Light Division in the British Army of the Rhine.〔 He was appointed General Officer Commanding 3rd Division in 1919,〔(Army Commands )〕 Adjutant-General to the Forces in 1923〔(An account of the unveiling of the Royal Air Force Memorial 16 July 1923 )〕 and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Eastern Command in 1927.〔(Flight Global ) 18 August 1927〕 He retired in 1931.〔Whitaker's Almanack 1931〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Whigham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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