branch commands death_date allegiance awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
23px british army 1st third army battalion coldstream guards 1st london division london district 12 september 1945 -lrb- aged 91 -rrb- united kingdom united kingdom knight commander of the order of the bath grand cross of the royal victorian order knight anglo-egyptian war second boer war world war i 4 may 1854 lieutenant-general alfred codrington
 sir alfred codrington
alfred codrington

lieutenant-general sir alfred edward codrington gcvo kcb -lrb- 4 may 1854 -- 12 september 1945 -rrb- was a british army officer who served in colonial wars in africa during the late nineteenth century , and later commanded a reserve army during the first world war .
