George Colborne Nugent

Brigadier-General George Colborne Nugent, (22 February 1864 – 31 May 1915) was a British Army officer who served on the staff during the Second Boer War, was closely involved in training the Territorial Force, and was killed in action in the Great War. Early life George Colborne was born on 22 February 1864, the eldest son of Sir Edmund Charles Nugent, 3rd Baronet of Waddesdon (1839–1928) and his wife Evelyn Henrietta Gascoigne. He was educated at Eton. Military career Nugent entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in 1884 and on passing out in February 1885 was commissioned as a lieutenant into the Grenadier Guards. Promoted to captain in 1897, Nugent served with the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, at Gibraltar before being appointed aide-de-camp to Major-General Sir Henry Colville, commanding the infantry brigade at Gibraltar in March 1899.