Coleridge Grove

Sir Coleridge Grove
Born	1839
Died	1920
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1863 - 1901
Rank	Major-General
Battles/wars	Mahdist War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Major-General Sir Coleridge Grove KCB (1839–1920) was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary.

Military career

Grove was commissioned into the 15th Regiment of Foot in 1863.^[1] He went on to serve in Egypt and Sudan.^[2] He became Aide-de-Camp to the Governor-General of Ireland in 1882^[3] and Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General at Army Headquarters in 1883^[4] moving on to be Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War in 1886^[5] and Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters after that.^[6]

Appointed Military Secretary in 1896,^[7] he developed plans for universal military training in the British Army.^[8] He retired in 1901.^[9]

He was also Colonel of the East Yorkshire Regiment from 1901 to 1920.^[10]

He had in his possessions a large Elizabethan chest^[11] which was lost in a great fire in Brussels in 1910.^[12] He died in 1920.^[13]

References

1. ^ London Gazette: no. 22717. p. 1514. 17 March 1863. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
2. ^ The War Office The Thames Star, 5 May 1900
3. ^ London Gazette: no. 25106. p. 2222. 12 May 1882. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
4. ^ London Gazette: no. 25196. p. 722. 9 February 1883. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
5. ^ London Gazette: no. 25583. p. 2127. 4 May 1886. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
6. ^ London Gazette: no. 26572. p. 6508. 20 November 1894. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
7. ^ London Gazette: no. 26736. p. 2647. 5 May 1896. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
8. ^ The Papers of Leopold Amery January 1903 - November 1928
9. ^ London Gazette: no. 27360. p. 6400. 1 October 1901. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
10. ^ The East Yorkshire Regiment
11. ^ Vanishing England, by P. H. Ditchfield, Illustrated by Fred Roe, Page 197
12. ^ English Collectors Losses at Brussels: Many Exquisite and Precious Things Destroyed in the Fire at the Exhibition New York Times, 28 August 1910
13. ^ The Arts Club and its Members by G A F Rogers, Page 80

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Reginald Gipps	Military Secretary 1896–1901	Succeeded by Sir Ian Hamilton
Preceded by William Hardy	Colonel of The East Yorkshire Regiment 1901–1920	Succeeded by Francis Seymour Inglefield

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Name	Grove, Coleridge
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Date of birth	1839
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Date of death	1920
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