caption serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date allegiance unit awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
george handcock thesiger 1890 to 1915 22px british army 9th -lrb- scottish -rrb- infantry division hohenzollern redoubt , loos , france 27 september 1915 -lrb- aged 42 -rrb- united kingdom united kingdom rifle staff brigade , king 's african rifles , general companion and st george of the bath , companion of st michael nile war expedition , second boer war , first world 6 october 1868 major-general thesiger pic.jpg george thesiger
 george handcock thesiger
george thesiger

major-general george handcock thesiger , cb , cmg -lrb- 6 october 1868 -- 27 september 1915 -rrb- was a senior officer in the british army during the first world war who was killed in action during the battle of loos by german shellfire .
his career had encompassed military service in egypt , south africa , ireland , british india and france and had been rewarded with membership in two chivalric orders .
