George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff

Major General Sir George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff KCB KCMG CIE (3 October 1855 – 4 June 1924) was a Scottish soldier and engineer.[1]

For the 20th-century Scottish author, see George Scott-Moncrieff.
George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff in 1916

Early life

Scott-Moncrieff was born in Bengal, British India, 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 (1836–1916).[2]

Career

Scott-Moncrieff joined the Royal Engineers 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.[3]

He was Assistant Director, Fortifications and Works, Army Headquarters 1909–1911, and Director, Fortifications and Works, War Office 1911–1918. He was promoted to the rank of major-general on 1 October 1912, following the retirement of Major-General Richard M. Ruck.[4] He retired in 1918.

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1901 for services in China,[5] a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1907 Birthday Honours[6] and a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1915 Birthday Honours.[7] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1918 for valuable services rendered in connection with the War.[8]

Selected works
  • The royal engineers field-service pocket-book. 1894.
  • The water supply of barracks and cantonments. 1896.
  • The principles of structural design.; vol. 1 (1897); vol. 2 (1898)
  • Recent works in the N. W. Frontier Province, India. 1905.
  • Eastern missions from a soldier's standpoint. 1907.
  • Works economics. 1910.
  • Field entrenchments: spadework for riflemen, hasty fire cover, fire trenches, communications, concealment, obstruction, shelters. 1914.
  • Canals & campaigns: an engineer officer in India, 1870-1885. British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia. 1987.

References
  1. "Scott-Moncrieff, Major-General Sir George Kenneth". Who's Who: 2301. 1920.
  2. "Obituary: Sir George Scott-Moncrieff – An Eminent Military Engineer". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 7 June 1924. p. 15.
  3. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives: Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975.
  4. "No. 28649". The London Gazette. 1 October 1912. p. 7195.
  5. "No. 27337". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 July 1901. pp. 4916–4917.
  6. "No. 28034". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 June 1906. pp. 4430–4436.
  7. "No. 12813". The Edinburgh Gazette. 4 June 1915. pp. 770–770.
  8. "No. 13225". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 March 1918. pp. 1048–1048.
Military offices
Preceded by
Frederick Rainsford-Hannay		 Director of Fortifications and Works
1911–1918		 Succeeded by
Philip Geoffrey Twining
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