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| | [[Major-General (Royal Marines)|Major-General]] {{SIR}} '''George Grey Aston''', K.C.B., R.M.A. (2 December, 1861 – 2 December, 1938) was an officer in the [[Royal Marine Artillery]]. | | [[Major-General (Royal Marines)|Major-General]] {{SIR}} '''George Grey Aston''', K.C.B., R.M.A. (2 December, 1861 – 2 December, 1938) was an officer in the [[Royal Marine Artillery]]. |
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| − | ==Who was Who== | + | ==Life & Career== |
| − | ASTON, Maj.-Gen. Sir George (Grey)
| + | Aston was seconded to the [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich]] on 1 January, 1896, as Professor of Fortification.Tuke was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1895.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27918/pages/3845 no. 27918. p. 3845.] 31 December, 1895.</ref> |
| − | KCB, 1913; CB 1902
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| − | Born 2 Dec. 1861; s of Lieut-Colonel Henry Aston, Indian Army; m 1909, Dorothy Ellen, d of Vice-Adm. W. Wilson of Clyffe Manor, Wilts.; three s two d ; died 2 Dec. 1938
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| − | EDUCATION
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| − | Westminster School; Royal Naval Coll., Greenwich
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| − | CAREER
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| − | Entered Royal Marine Artillery, 1879; Commandant, 1914–17; Major-General (retired), 1917; Member of the Foreign Intelligence Committee, Admiralty, 1886; employed in the Naval Intelligence Department at the Admiralty on its establishment, 1887–90; passed the Staff College, 1891; Intelligence Officer, Mediterranean Fleet, 1892–95; Professor of Fortification at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 1896–99; DAAG Royal Marines, 1901; DAAG Staff College, 1904–07; Brig.-General General Staff, South Africa, 1908–12; attached to Headquarters Staff, South African Forces, 1912; Special Service, Admiralty War Staff, 1913–14; Secretary to Naval Reserves Committee, Admiralty, 1902; Chairman of Committee on defence of Admiralty Oil-Reserves, 1914; served Soudan, 1884 (medal, El Teb-Tamaai clasp); South Africa, 1899–1900 (despatches, medal with two clasps, Bt Lt-Col); commanded expeditions to Ostend and Dunkirk, 1914 (1914 Star, British and Victory War medals); ADC to the King, 1911–17; employed in secretariat of the War Cabinet, 1918–19; FRGS; FRES; Member of Institute of Historical Research, Royal Institute of International Affairs, and RUS Institute; Vice-President of Society of Army Historical Research; Member of Council of Navy Records Society
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| − | Letters on Amphibious Wars; Sea, Land, and Air Strategy; The Triangle of Terror; War Lessons New and Old; Memories of a Marine; Mostly about Trout, 1921, etc.; The Problem of Defence, 1925; Letters to Young Flyfishers, 1926; The Navy of To-day, 1927; The Life of Nelson, 1928; The Biography of Marshal Foch, 1929; History of the Great War; Secret Service, 1930; editor 7th edition Hamley’s Operations of War, and of The Study of War, 1927
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| − | RECREATIONS
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| − | Fishing, etc
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| − | CLUB
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| − | Flvfishers’
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| − | ADDRESS
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| − | c/o Lloyds Bank, 6 Pall Mall. London SW1
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| | ==Footnotes== | | ==Footnotes== |
Major-General SIR George Grey Aston, K.C.B., R.M.A. (2 December, 1861 – 2 December, 1938) was an officer in the Royal Marine Artillery.
Life & Career
Aston was seconded to the Royal Naval College, Greenwich on 1 January, 1896, as Professor of Fortification.Tuke was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1895.[1]
Bibliography
- "Maj.-Gen. Sir George Aston" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 3 December, 1938. Issue 48168, col D, pg. 14.
- Aston, Maj.-Gen. Sir George (1919). Memories of a Marine. London: John Murray.
