Major General Hubert ISACKE CMG CB CSI [1228]

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Hubert Isacke.
Born 1872; educated at King's School, Canterbury, Kent, and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; commissioned into The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 1892; served with Malakand Field Force, North West Frontier, India, 1897-1898; Second Boer War, South Africa, 1899-1902; Capt, 1902; Brevet Maj, 1902; General Staff Officer 2, War Office, 1910-1912; Maj, 1912; Brevet Lt Col, 1913; Staff College, Quetta, India, 1913-1914; served in World War One, 1914-1918; Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General, Meerut Div, BEF (British Expeditionary Force), 1914-1915; General Staff Officer 1, 14 Div, 1915-1916; awarded CMG, 1915; Director of Staff Duties and Training, Army Headquarters, India, 1916-1920; Col, 1917; awarded CSI, 1919; Bde Commander, India, 1920-1923; awarded CB, 1922; Maj Gen, 1923; District Commander, India, 1925-1927; commanded 56 (1 London) Div, Territorial, Army 1927-1931; retired 1931; died 1943.
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Hubert married Ada Mildred LAYARD [1227] [MRIN: 384], daughter of Sir Charles Peter LAYARD [823] and Ada Alexandrina JULIUS [822], on 1 Nov 1904 in Kandy Ceylon. (Ada Mildred LAYARD [1227] was born on 29 Aug 1883 and died on 19 Nov 1969.)