Edward Northey

British Army general Date Of Birth : 1868-05-01T00:00:00Z Date Of Death : 1953-12-01T00:00:00Z

Major General Sir Edward Northey (28 May 1868 – 25 December 1953) was a senior British Army officer of the First World War who commanded a brigade on the Western Front until wounded in 1915. Returning to service in 1916, Northey took command of a colonial force in Nyasaland in the East African campaign, later becoming Governor of Kenya. He later served as a general of Territorial forces and retired in 1926.

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