About: Herman Landon

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Major-General Herman James Shelley Landon, CB CMG, (23 August 1859 – 16 October 1948), was a British Army officer. During the Boer War he commanded a battalion, and was promoted in the interwar period to take command of a brigade in the British Expeditionary Force. He commanded the brigade during the early fighting on the Western Front in the First World War, and succeeded to the command of 1st Infantry Division when his commanding officer was killed at the First Battle of Ypres; he later commanded four more New Army divisions during the war.

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  • Major-General Herman James Shelley Landon, CB CMG, (23 August 1859 – 16 October 1948), was a British Army officer. During the Boer War he commanded a battalion, and was promoted in the interwar period to take command of a brigade in the British Expeditionary Force. He commanded the brigade during the early fighting on the Western Front in the First World War, and succeeded to the command of 1st Infantry Division when his commanding officer was killed at the First Battle of Ypres; he later commanded four more New Army divisions during the war. (en)
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  • United Kingdom
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  • 1st Division
  • 2nd Battalion,Royal Warwickshire Regiment
  • 33rd Division
  • 35th Division
  • 3rd Brigade
  • 9th (Scottish) Division
  • 1st Battalion,Royal Warwickshire Regiment
  • 64th Division
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  • 1918-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • 1879-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • United Kingdom (en)
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  • (en)
  • Companion of the Order of the Bath (en)
  • Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (en)
  • Mentioned in Despatches (en)
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  • 1859-08-23 (xsd:date)
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  • Landon, presumably between 1911 and 1914 (en)
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  • 1 (xsd:integer)
  • 2 (xsd:integer)
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  • 33 (xsd:integer)
  • 35 (xsd:integer)
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  • (en)
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  • 1948-10-16 (xsd:date)
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  • Scottow, Norfolk (en)
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  • Herman James Shelley Landon (en)
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  • 1879 (xsd:integer)
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  • General Officer Commanding the 1st Division (en)
  • General Officer Commanding the 9th (Scottish) Division (en)
  • General Officer Commanding the 33rd Division (en)
  • General Officer Commanding the 35th Division (en)
  • General Officer Commanding the 64th Division (en)
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  • 6 (xsd:integer)
  • Royal Warwickshire Regiment (en)
  • (en)
  • General Staff (en)
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  • 1922-10-31 (xsd:date)
  • August 1917May 1918 (en)
  • January 1915September 1915 (en)
  • September 1915September 1916 (en)
  • September 1916July 1917 (en)
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  • Major-General Herman James Shelley Landon, CB CMG, (23 August 1859 – 16 October 1948), was a British Army officer. During the Boer War he commanded a battalion, and was promoted in the interwar period to take command of a brigade in the British Expeditionary Force. He commanded the brigade during the early fighting on the Western Front in the First World War, and succeeded to the command of 1st Infantry Division when his commanding officer was killed at the First Battle of Ypres; he later commanded four more New Army divisions during the war. (en)
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  • Herman Landon (en)
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  • Herman James Shelley Landon (en)
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