Charles Grant

General Sir Charles John Cecil Grant, (13 August 1877 – 9 November 1950) was a senior British Army officer. He saw active service in the Second Boer War in South Africa from 1899 to 1902, in the Great War of 1914 to 1918, and was a general officer during the 1930s and the early stages of the Second World War. Military career Grant was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards on 20 February 1897, and promoted to lieutenant on 11 May 1898. He served in the Second Boer War in South Africa from 1899 to 1902, where he was part of the Kimberley relief force, and was wounded at the Battle of Belmont in November 1899. Following the end of the war he was appointed adjutant of the 1st Battalion of his regiment on 1 July 1902. He also served in the First World War, initially as a brigade major for 3rd Infantry Brigade which formed part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) deployed to France in 1914. He was a General Staff Officer in various formations before becoming temporary Commander of 1st Infantry Brigade in 1917. In 1918 he was assigned to General Headquarters of the French Army, as a liaison officer between General Sir Henry Wilson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff and French Marshal Ferdinand Foch. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), seven times Mentioned in dispatches and wounded during the war. He became Commanding Officer of the 3rd Battalion the Coldstream Guards in 1919 moving on to join the General Staff in Egypt in 1921. In 1925 he became Commander of 137th (Staffordshire) Brigade and in 1927 Commander of 8th Infantry Brigade.