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Sir George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff (3 October 1855 – 4 June 1924) was a Scottish soldier and engineer.

Early life

Scott-Moncrieff was born in Bengal,

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, the younger son of Maj. Alexander Pringle Scott-Moncrieff, of the 44th Bengal Infantry, and of Elizabeth Hastie Coventry, younger daughter of the Rev. George Coventry, of Shanwell, Kinross-shire. His father was the second of seven sons born to Robert Scott Moncrieff (1793–1869); his younger brother was the distinguished engineer Sir

Colin Scott-Moncrieff Colonel Sir Colin Campbell Scott-Moncrieff (3 August 1836 – 6 April 1916) was a British engineer, soldier and civil servant, best known for repairing the Delta Barrage, Nile Barrage and reorganizing the irrigation system of Egypt in the 1880 ...

(1836–1916).

Career

Scott-Moncrieff joined the

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in 1873 and served in Afghanistan from 1878–1880. He was an Instructor at the School of Military Engineering from 1893–1898. He was Commander of the Royal Engineers, China Expeditionary Force 1900–1901, taking part in the relief of Peking and the Waziristan expedition on the North West Frontier, India 1901–1902. He was Assistant Director, Fortifications and Works, Army Headquarters 1909–1911, and Director, Fortifications and Works,

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1911–1918. He was promoted to the rank of major-general on 1 October 1912, following the retirement of Major-General Richard M. Ruck. He retired in 1918. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1901 for services in China, a Companion of the

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in the

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and a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the

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. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the

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(KCMG) in 1918 for valuable services rendered in connection with the War.

Selected works

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References

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