Granville George Algernon Egerton

Major General Granville George Algernon Egerton (10 May 1859 – 3 May 1951) commanded the 52nd Lowland Infantry Division during the First World War, from March 1914 to September 1915. His wartime service included a command during the Gallipoli Campaign. Early life Egerton was born at 35 Hertford Street in Mayfair, London, to Col. Hon. Arthur Frederick Egerton of the Grenadier Guards and his wife Helen (née Smith), daughter of Martin Tucker Smith of the Smith banking family. His grandfather was the 1st Earl of Ellesmere. Attending Charterhouse School, he was a member of the house Saunderites between 1872 and 1879. After completing his studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant. The commission was dated 13 August 1879. Military service Serving with the 72nd Regiment of Foot, Egerton participated in the march from Kabul to Kandahar during the Second Afghan War. The British force defeated an Afghan army under Ayub Khan at the Battle of Kandahar, a battle in which Edgerton received severe wounds. For his service in Afghanistan he was mentioned in dispatches. Of the Kabul to Kandahar march Egerton wrote in 1930,