Charles Douglas (British Army officer)
- Charles Douglas (British Army officer)
Infobox Military Person
name= Sir Charles Douglas
lived= 1850–25 October, 1914
placeofbirth= Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
placeofdeath= London
caption= General Sir Charles Douglas
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allegiance= flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom
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rank= General (1910)
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General Sir Charles Whittingham Horsley Douglas, GCB, ADC (1850 – 25 October 1914), was a British officer serving as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) during the first months of World War I.
Army career
Educated privately Charles Douglas was commissioned into the 92nd Highlanders in 1869.[ [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/32870?docPos=3 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography] Edward M Spiers, 2004] ]Douglas served in Afghanistan between 1878 and 1880, went on the Suakin expedition to Sudan in 1884 and served in South Africa from 1899 to 1902. He was Adjutant-General between 1904 and 1909 and then Inspector-General of Home Forces from 1912 to April 1914.
On 6 April 1914, Douglas replaced Field-Marshal Sir John French as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) and was thus in service at the outbreak of World War I. He did not have any major impact on the conduct of war during the first two and a half months, leaving strategic control to Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener as War Minister.
Douglas, who had not been in the best of health, died on 25 October 1914 due to strain and overwork. His place was taken by General Sir James Murray on 30 October 1914.
References
External links
* [http://www.1914-1918.net/war_office.html The British Army in Great War]
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