Milo Talbot (British Army officer)
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Milo George Talbot (14 September 1854 – 3 September 1931) CB was a British Army officer. The son of the 4th Baron Talbot of Malahide, he was born into an Anglo-Irish family and attended Wellington College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich before being commissioned as an officer in the British Army's Royal Engineers. He played a single match of first-class cricket as a young man for the Gentlemen of the South against the Players of the North. Talbot served on the staff of General Ross during the Second Anglo-Afghan War and remained in that country as a member of the Afghan Boundary Commission. He returned to Britain as a staff officer before returning to active duty during the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan. During this time he was present at the Battle of Omdurman and served on secondment to the Egyptian Army as a Major-General. Talbot retired in 1905 but was recalled to duty during the First World War when he gave advice on plans for the Gallipoli Campaign and the defence of Sudan.
Milo George Talbot | |
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Born | 14 September 1854 Malahide, Ireland |
Died | 3 September 1931(1931-09-03) (aged 76) Patrixbourne, Kent, England |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army Egyptian Army (secondment) |
Years of service | 1873–1916 |
Rank | Lieutenant colonel (British Army) Major general (Egyptian Army) |
Unit | Royal Engineers |
Battles/wars | Second Anglo-Afghan War Mahdist War First World War |
Awards | Order of the Bath Order of Osmanieh (3rd Class) Order of the Medjidie (2nd Class) |