Robert Scott-Kerr

Brigadier-General Robert Scott-Kerr (2nd November 1859 - 25th November 1942) was a British Army officer.

After being educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was commissioned in the 24th Regiment of Foot in 1879, transferring shortly thereafter to the Grenadier Guards. He saw service in the Zulu War, where he fought at the Battle of Ulundi, the Sudan Campaign and the South African War, where he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the DSO. From 1904 to 1908 he commanded the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards.

On the outbreak of the First World War he took command of 4th (Guards) Brigade in the British Expeditionary Force. He was wounded on September 1st, commanding 4th Brigade in a rearguard action during the Retreat from Mons, and returned to England. The injuries proved so severe that he never again held a field command; he commanded a brigade in the Home Forces for the remainder of the war, before retiring in 1919.

References

*Obituary in "The Times", November 26th 1942.
*SCOTT-KERR, Brig.-Gen. Robert. (2008). In "Who Was Who 1897-2007".
* [http://www.firstworldwar.bham.ac.uk/donkey/scottkerr.htm Robert Scott-Kerr] , by John Bourne. Centre for First World War Studies.