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Cyril Wagstaff

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Cyril Wagstaff
Brigadier-General Cyril Wagstaff (left) confers the Military Cross upon American First Lieutenant George W. Sherwood of the 131st Infantry, 33rd Division. (Larochette, 20 January 1919)
Born5 March 1878
Died21 February 1934
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1897 - 1934
RankMajor-General
CommandsRoyal Military Academy, Woolwich
Battles / warsFirst World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire
Distinguished Service Order

Major General Cyril Mosley Wagstaff CB CMG CIE DSO (5 March 1878 – 21 February 1934) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.

Military career

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Educated at the United Services College,[1] Wagstaff was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1897.[2] He served on the North West Frontier of India and in the First World War with the Australian Army[3] and is credited with creating the term ANZAC.[4] He was appointed a General Staff Officer at the War Office in 1925, Commander of the Nowshera Brigade on the North West Frontier of India in 1928 and Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Woolwich in 1930 before his death in 1934.[2]

Family

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In 1906 he married Rosabel Thelwall.[5] Following the death of his first wife, he married Marjorie Frances Fry in 1927.[5]

References

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Military offices
Preceded by Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Woolwich
1930–1934
Succeeded by