British Army Lieutenant General. He served in the British military from 1877, when he received his commission in the British Royal Artillery, until his death. During that time, he saw action in the Anglo-Egyptian War, the Boxer Rebellion, the Second Boer War, and briefly at the beginning of World War I. For his services, he was awarded the Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, the Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, the Knight of Grace, Order of St. John of Jerusalem, the Egyptian Medal ("Tel el Kebir" (1882) and "Suakin" (1885 clasps)), the North-West Frontier Medal, ("Hazara 1888" clasp). the Jubilee Medal (1897), the South African War Medal, ("Cape Colony", "Driefontein", "Johannesburg", and "Diamond Hill" clasps), the China War Medal. the Coronation Medal (1902 and 1911), and other foreign decorations. He died as a result of a heart aneurysm while travelling on a train at the age of 55 and was interred at Glasgow Necropolis in Glasgow, Scotland. Additionally, a cenotaph was established in his honor at the Glasgow Cathedral. The Sir James Moncrieff Grierson prize for languages was later established at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He is also commemorated on a memorial plaque in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
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For Bio: Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
GRIERSON, SIR JAMES MONCRIEFF, K.C.B., C.V.O., C.M.G., Lieutenant-General, R.A., eldest son of the late George Moncrieff Grierson, of Glasgow, by his wife, Allison, daughter of George Lyon Walker, of Garemount, Dumbartonshire; born Glasgow, 27 Jan. 1859; educated Glasgow Academy, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted Lieutenant, R.A., 9 Oct. 1877, and promoted Captain 20 Jan. 1886; Major 11 Dec. 1895; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 12 Dec. 1895; Brevet Colonel 1 March, 1900; Colonel 28 Oct. 1901; Major-General 12 Feb. 1904, and Lieutenant-General 6 May, 1910; was D.A.Q.M.G., Indian Contingent, Expeditionary Force, Egypt, 9 Aug. to 17 Oct. 1882; on special service with the Expeditionary Force, Suakim, 20 Feb. to 5 March, 1885; D.A.A. and Q.M.G., Egypt, 6 March to 12 June, 1885; Station Staff Officer, 1st Class, Bengal, 17 Feb. to 7 July, 1889; D.A.A.G. (Intel.) H.Q. of Army, 1 July, 1890, to 14 July, 1894; Brigade Major, R.A., Aldershot, 1 Jan. 1895 to 19 Feb. 1896; Military Attaché, Berlin, 1 March, 1896, to 2 Feb. 1900; on special service, South Africa, 3 Feb. to 27 Feb. 1900; A.A.G. South Africa, 28 Feb. to 23 Aug. 1900; Staff Officer (graded D.A.G.), China, 24 Aug. 1900 to 21 Oct. 1901; A.Q.M.G., II Army Corps, 28 Oct. 1901 to 3 Sept. 1902; Chief Staff Officer (Brig.-General on Staff), II Army Corps, 4 Sept. 1902 to 11 Feb. 1904; Director of Military operations, Army H.Q., 12 Feb. 1904 to 5 Oct. 1906; Major-General, 1st Division, Aldershot Army Corps, and G.O.C., 1st Division, Aldershot Command, 6 Oct. 1906, to 6 Aug. 1910, and G.O. Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command, 4 April, 1912, to Aug. 1914; Hon. Colonel, 2nd London Brigade, R.F.A., 1912-14; A.D.C. General to H.M. the King, 1 July, 1914, and Commander of the 2nd Army Corps of the Expeditionary Force in France, Aug. 1914; created M.V.O. (4th Class), 23 Nov. 1899; C.B., 29 Nov. 1900; C.M.G., 26 June, 1902; C.V.O., 1 July, 1904; and K.C.B., 19 June, 1911; served in Egyptian War, 1882; took part in action at Kassassin 9 Sept., and Battle of Tel-el-Kebir (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 2 Nov. 1882]; medal with clasp; Khedive's Bronze Star; 5th Class Medjidie); with Sudan Expedition, 1885; took part in actions at Hasheen, and on 26 March, and advance on Tamai (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 25 Aug. 1885]; clasp); with Hazara Expedition, 1888; was D.A.Q.M.G., 2nd Brigade (mentioned in Despatches; medal with clasp; Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel); in South African War, 1899-1900; took part in operations in Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900. including actions at Poplar Grove, Dreifontein, Vet River (5-6 May), and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal, May-June, 1900; including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Diamond Hill (11 June); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July-16 Aug. 1900 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]; Queen's medal with four clasps); in China, 1900; including service as British Military representative on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces (medal, C.B.); and died on active service, of heart failure, while travelling in a train in France, 17 Aug. 1914; unmarried. General Grierson made a reputation with the 3rd and 4th Divisions at manœuvres. During the manœuvres in Cambridgeshire in 1912, he so concealed the 4th Division that it remained entirely lost so far as the opposing side was concerned, until it developed its fighting line in action on a flank. The Division made a long march, and when hostile aircraft came near it the troops halted and took shelter in woods, ravines and hedges, remaining perfectly still. The guns and wagons were covered with sheets, hay, straw, and so on, and the aircraft failed to discover the presence of the force. He was again complimented by Sir John French on those in Northamptonshire in 1913. He was the author of many works on Military subjects, including "Armed Strengths of Armies of Russia, Germany and Japan," published by the War Office; "Staff Duties in the Field," "Handbooks of the Russian Army," and "Records of the Scottish Volunteers, 1859-1908."
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For Bio: Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
GRIERSON, SIR JAMES MONCRIEFF, K.C.B., C.V.O., C.M.G., Lieutenant-General, R.A., eldest son of the late George Moncrieff Grierson, of Glasgow, by his wife, Allison, daughter of George Lyon Walker, of Garemount, Dumbartonshire; born Glasgow, 27 Jan. 1859; educated Glasgow Academy, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted Lieutenant, R.A., 9 Oct. 1877, and promoted Captain 20 Jan. 1886; Major 11 Dec. 1895; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 12 Dec. 1895; Brevet Colonel 1 March, 1900; Colonel 28 Oct. 1901; Major-General 12 Feb. 1904, and Lieutenant-General 6 May, 1910; was D.A.Q.M.G., Indian Contingent, Expeditionary Force, Egypt, 9 Aug. to 17 Oct. 1882; on special service with the Expeditionary Force, Suakim, 20 Feb. to 5 March, 1885; D.A.A. and Q.M.G., Egypt, 6 March to 12 June, 1885; Station Staff Officer, 1st Class, Bengal, 17 Feb. to 7 July, 1889; D.A.A.G. (Intel.) H.Q. of Army, 1 July, 1890, to 14 July, 1894; Brigade Major, R.A., Aldershot, 1 Jan. 1895 to 19 Feb. 1896; Military Attaché, Berlin, 1 March, 1896, to 2 Feb. 1900; on special service, South Africa, 3 Feb. to 27 Feb. 1900; A.A.G. South Africa, 28 Feb. to 23 Aug. 1900; Staff Officer (graded D.A.G.), China, 24 Aug. 1900 to 21 Oct. 1901; A.Q.M.G., II Army Corps, 28 Oct. 1901 to 3 Sept. 1902; Chief Staff Officer (Brig.-General on Staff), II Army Corps, 4 Sept. 1902 to 11 Feb. 1904; Director of Military operations, Army H.Q., 12 Feb. 1904 to 5 Oct. 1906; Major-General, 1st Division, Aldershot Army Corps, and G.O.C., 1st Division, Aldershot Command, 6 Oct. 1906, to 6 Aug. 1910, and G.O. Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command, 4 April, 1912, to Aug. 1914; Hon. Colonel, 2nd London Brigade, R.F.A., 1912-14; A.D.C. General to H.M. the King, 1 July, 1914, and Commander of the 2nd Army Corps of the Expeditionary Force in France, Aug. 1914; created M.V.O. (4th Class), 23 Nov. 1899; C.B., 29 Nov. 1900; C.M.G., 26 June, 1902; C.V.O., 1 July, 1904; and K.C.B., 19 June, 1911; served in Egyptian War, 1882; took part in action at Kassassin 9 Sept., and Battle of Tel-el-Kebir (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 2 Nov. 1882]; medal with clasp; Khedive's Bronze Star; 5th Class Medjidie); with Sudan Expedition, 1885; took part in actions at Hasheen, and on 26 March, and advance on Tamai (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 25 Aug. 1885]; clasp); with Hazara Expedition, 1888; was D.A.Q.M.G., 2nd Brigade (mentioned in Despatches; medal with clasp; Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel); in South African War, 1899-1900; took part in operations in Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900. including actions at Poplar Grove, Dreifontein, Vet River (5-6 May), and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal, May-June, 1900; including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Diamond Hill (11 June); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July-16 Aug. 1900 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]; Queen's medal with four clasps); in China, 1900; including service as British Military representative on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces (medal, C.B.); and died on active service, of heart failure, while travelling in a train in France, 17 Aug. 1914; unmarried. General Grierson made a reputation with the 3rd and 4th Divisions at manœuvres. During the manœuvres in Cambridgeshire in 1912, he so concealed the 4th Division that it remained entirely lost so far as the opposing side was concerned, until it developed its fighting line in action on a flank. The Division made a long march, and when hostile aircraft came near it the troops halted and took shelter in woods, ravines and hedges, remaining perfectly still. The guns and wagons were covered with sheets, hay, straw, and so on, and the aircraft failed to discover the presence of the force. He was again complimented by Sir John French on those in Northamptonshire in 1913. He was the author of many works on Military subjects, including "Armed Strengths of Armies of Russia, Germany and Japan," published by the War Office; "Staff Duties in the Field," "Handbooks of the Russian Army," and "Records of the Scottish Volunteers, 1859-1908."
British Army Lieutenant General. He served in the British military from 1877, when he received his commission in the British Royal Artillery, until his death. During that time, he saw action in the Anglo-Egyptian War, the Boxer Rebellion, the Second Boer War, and briefly at the beginning of World War I. For his services, he was awarded the Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, the Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, the Knight of Grace, Order of St. John of Jerusalem, the Egyptian Medal ("Tel el Kebir" (1882) and "Suakin" (1885 clasps)), the North-West Frontier Medal, ("Hazara 1888" clasp). the Jubilee Medal (1897), the South African War Medal, ("Cape Colony", "Driefontein", "Johannesburg", and "Diamond Hill" clasps), the China War Medal. the Coronation Medal (1902 and 1911), and other foreign decorations. He died as a result of a heart aneurysm while travelling on a train at the age of 55 and was interred at Glasgow Necropolis in Glasgow, Scotland. Additionally, a cenotaph was established in his honor at the Glasgow Cathedral. The Sir James Moncrieff Grierson prize for languages was later established at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He is also commemorated on a memorial plaque in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here---
For Bio: Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
GRIERSON, SIR JAMES MONCRIEFF, K.C.B., C.V.O., C.M.G., Lieutenant-General, R.A., eldest son of the late George Moncrieff Grierson, of Glasgow, by his wife, Allison, daughter of George Lyon Walker, of Garemount, Dumbartonshire; born Glasgow, 27 Jan. 1859; educated Glasgow Academy, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted Lieutenant, R.A., 9 Oct. 1877, and promoted Captain 20 Jan. 1886; Major 11 Dec. 1895; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 12 Dec. 1895; Brevet Colonel 1 March, 1900; Colonel 28 Oct. 1901; Major-General 12 Feb. 1904, and Lieutenant-General 6 May, 1910; was D.A.Q.M.G., Indian Contingent, Expeditionary Force, Egypt, 9 Aug. to 17 Oct. 1882; on special service with the Expeditionary Force, Suakim, 20 Feb. to 5 March, 1885; D.A.A. and Q.M.G., Egypt, 6 March to 12 June, 1885; Station Staff Officer, 1st Class, Bengal, 17 Feb. to 7 July, 1889; D.A.A.G. (Intel.) H.Q. of Army, 1 July, 1890, to 14 July, 1894; Brigade Major, R.A., Aldershot, 1 Jan. 1895 to 19 Feb. 1896; Military Attaché, Berlin, 1 March, 1896, to 2 Feb. 1900; on special service, South Africa, 3 Feb. to 27 Feb. 1900; A.A.G. South Africa, 28 Feb. to 23 Aug. 1900; Staff Officer (graded D.A.G.), China, 24 Aug. 1900 to 21 Oct. 1901; A.Q.M.G., II Army Corps, 28 Oct. 1901 to 3 Sept. 1902; Chief Staff Officer (Brig.-General on Staff), II Army Corps, 4 Sept. 1902 to 11 Feb. 1904; Director of Military operations, Army H.Q., 12 Feb. 1904 to 5 Oct. 1906; Major-General, 1st Division, Aldershot Army Corps, and G.O.C., 1st Division, Aldershot Command, 6 Oct. 1906, to 6 Aug. 1910, and G.O. Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command, 4 April, 1912, to Aug. 1914; Hon. Colonel, 2nd London Brigade, R.F.A., 1912-14; A.D.C. General to H.M. the King, 1 July, 1914, and Commander of the 2nd Army Corps of the Expeditionary Force in France, Aug. 1914; created M.V.O. (4th Class), 23 Nov. 1899; C.B., 29 Nov. 1900; C.M.G., 26 June, 1902; C.V.O., 1 July, 1904; and K.C.B., 19 June, 1911; served in Egyptian War, 1882; took part in action at Kassassin 9 Sept., and Battle of Tel-el-Kebir (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 2 Nov. 1882]; medal with clasp; Khedive's Bronze Star; 5th Class Medjidie); with Sudan Expedition, 1885; took part in actions at Hasheen, and on 26 March, and advance on Tamai (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 25 Aug. 1885]; clasp); with Hazara Expedition, 1888; was D.A.Q.M.G., 2nd Brigade (mentioned in Despatches; medal with clasp; Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel); in South African War, 1899-1900; took part in operations in Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900. including actions at Poplar Grove, Dreifontein, Vet River (5-6 May), and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal, May-June, 1900; including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Diamond Hill (11 June); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July-16 Aug. 1900 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]; Queen's medal with four clasps); in China, 1900; including service as British Military representative on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces (medal, C.B.); and died on active service, of heart failure, while travelling in a train in France, 17 Aug. 1914; unmarried. General Grierson made a reputation with the 3rd and 4th Divisions at manœuvres. During the manœuvres in Cambridgeshire in 1912, he so concealed the 4th Division that it remained entirely lost so far as the opposing side was concerned, until it developed its fighting line in action on a flank. The Division made a long march, and when hostile aircraft came near it the troops halted and took shelter in woods, ravines and hedges, remaining perfectly still. The guns and wagons were covered with sheets, hay, straw, and so on, and the aircraft failed to discover the presence of the force. He was again complimented by Sir John French on those in Northamptonshire in 1913. He was the author of many works on Military subjects, including "Armed Strengths of Armies of Russia, Germany and Japan," published by the War Office; "Staff Duties in the Field," "Handbooks of the Russian Army," and "Records of the Scottish Volunteers, 1859-1908."
Cenotaph here---
For Bio: Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
GRIERSON, SIR JAMES MONCRIEFF, K.C.B., C.V.O., C.M.G., Lieutenant-General, R.A., eldest son of the late George Moncrieff Grierson, of Glasgow, by his wife, Allison, daughter of George Lyon Walker, of Garemount, Dumbartonshire; born Glasgow, 27 Jan. 1859; educated Glasgow Academy, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted Lieutenant, R.A., 9 Oct. 1877, and promoted Captain 20 Jan. 1886; Major 11 Dec. 1895; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 12 Dec. 1895; Brevet Colonel 1 March, 1900; Colonel 28 Oct. 1901; Major-General 12 Feb. 1904, and Lieutenant-General 6 May, 1910; was D.A.Q.M.G., Indian Contingent, Expeditionary Force, Egypt, 9 Aug. to 17 Oct. 1882; on special service with the Expeditionary Force, Suakim, 20 Feb. to 5 March, 1885; D.A.A. and Q.M.G., Egypt, 6 March to 12 June, 1885; Station Staff Officer, 1st Class, Bengal, 17 Feb. to 7 July, 1889; D.A.A.G. (Intel.) H.Q. of Army, 1 July, 1890, to 14 July, 1894; Brigade Major, R.A., Aldershot, 1 Jan. 1895 to 19 Feb. 1896; Military Attaché, Berlin, 1 March, 1896, to 2 Feb. 1900; on special service, South Africa, 3 Feb. to 27 Feb. 1900; A.A.G. South Africa, 28 Feb. to 23 Aug. 1900; Staff Officer (graded D.A.G.), China, 24 Aug. 1900 to 21 Oct. 1901; A.Q.M.G., II Army Corps, 28 Oct. 1901 to 3 Sept. 1902; Chief Staff Officer (Brig.-General on Staff), II Army Corps, 4 Sept. 1902 to 11 Feb. 1904; Director of Military operations, Army H.Q., 12 Feb. 1904 to 5 Oct. 1906; Major-General, 1st Division, Aldershot Army Corps, and G.O.C., 1st Division, Aldershot Command, 6 Oct. 1906, to 6 Aug. 1910, and G.O. Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command, 4 April, 1912, to Aug. 1914; Hon. Colonel, 2nd London Brigade, R.F.A., 1912-14; A.D.C. General to H.M. the King, 1 July, 1914, and Commander of the 2nd Army Corps of the Expeditionary Force in France, Aug. 1914; created M.V.O. (4th Class), 23 Nov. 1899; C.B., 29 Nov. 1900; C.M.G., 26 June, 1902; C.V.O., 1 July, 1904; and K.C.B., 19 June, 1911; served in Egyptian War, 1882; took part in action at Kassassin 9 Sept., and Battle of Tel-el-Kebir (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 2 Nov. 1882]; medal with clasp; Khedive's Bronze Star; 5th Class Medjidie); with Sudan Expedition, 1885; took part in actions at Hasheen, and on 26 March, and advance on Tamai (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 25 Aug. 1885]; clasp); with Hazara Expedition, 1888; was D.A.Q.M.G., 2nd Brigade (mentioned in Despatches; medal with clasp; Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel); in South African War, 1899-1900; took part in operations in Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900. including actions at Poplar Grove, Dreifontein, Vet River (5-6 May), and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal, May-June, 1900; including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Diamond Hill (11 June); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July-16 Aug. 1900 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]; Queen's medal with four clasps); in China, 1900; including service as British Military representative on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces (medal, C.B.); and died on active service, of heart failure, while travelling in a train in France, 17 Aug. 1914; unmarried. General Grierson made a reputation with the 3rd and 4th Divisions at manœuvres. During the manœuvres in Cambridgeshire in 1912, he so concealed the 4th Division that it remained entirely lost so far as the opposing side was concerned, until it developed its fighting line in action on a flank. The Division made a long march, and when hostile aircraft came near it the troops halted and took shelter in woods, ravines and hedges, remaining perfectly still. The guns and wagons were covered with sheets, hay, straw, and so on, and the aircraft failed to discover the presence of the force. He was again complimented by Sir John French on those in Northamptonshire in 1913. He was the author of many works on Military subjects, including "Armed Strengths of Armies of Russia, Germany and Japan," published by the War Office; "Staff Duties in the Field," "Handbooks of the Russian Army," and "Records of the Scottish Volunteers, 1859-1908."
Bio by: William Bjornstad
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