Gerald Cuthbert
| Gerald James Cuthbert | |
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Major-General Cuthbert, c. 1917
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| Nickname(s) | "Bluebell" "Spit and Polish" |
| Born | 12 September 1861 |
| Died | 1 February 1931 (aged 69) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Rank | Major-General |
| Unit | Scots Guards |
| Commands held | 1st Scots Guards 4th London Brigade 13th Brigade 39th Division 72nd Division |
| Battles/wars |
Mahdist War Second Boer War First World War |
| Awards |
Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Mentioned in Despatches |
Major-General Gerald James Cuthbert CB, CMG (12 September 1861 – 1 February 1931) was a British Army officer who commanded a battalion in the Boer War and a division in the First World War. Cuthbert joined the Scots Guards in 1882 and served in Egypt and the Sudan during the late 19th century. During the Boer War he served with his regiment, rising to command a battalion and after the war he was given command of a brigade in the Territorial Force and then in the British Expeditionary Force of 1914. He served on the Western Front from 1914 to 1917, rising to command 39th Division, then returned to home service before retiring in 1919.
The fifth son of William Cuthbert of Beaufront Castle in Northumberland, Gerald was privately educated, and attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned in the Oxfordshire Light Infantry in May 1882, transferring to the Scots Guards two months later. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Sudan Expedition of 1885, where he saw service at the Battle of Suakin, and in 1889–90 was the aide-de-camp to Major-General Frederick Forestier-Walker at Aldershot. Returning to his regiment, he was promoted to Captain in 1893, and appointed adjutant of the 2nd Battalion from February 1895 to February 1899. Shortly after his period as adjutant was finished, in May, he was promoted to Major.
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