General

General

A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....

 Sir James Arthur Herbert KCB

Order of the Bath

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 (1820–1897) was Quartermaster-General to the Forces

Quartermaster-General to the Forces

In the United Kingdom, the Quartermaster-General to the Forces is a senior general in the British Army.From 1904 the Quartermaster-General to the Forces was the Third Military Member of the Army Board.-Responsibilities:...

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Military career

Born Arthur James Jones, Herbert was commissioned into the 23rd Regiment of Foot in 1839. Along with other members of his family he changed his surname to Herbert in 1848.

He rose through the officer ranks becoming a Major

Major

Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...

 in 1854. He served in the Crimean War

Crimean War

The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...

 and made sketches of the action.

In 1856 he was appointed Deputy Quartermaster-General in the Ionian Islands

Ionian Islands

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 before becoming Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters.

He was appointed Quartermaster-General to the Forces

Quartermaster-General to the Forces

In the United Kingdom, the Quartermaster-General to the Forces is a senior general in the British Army.From 1904 the Quartermaster-General to the Forces was the Third Military Member of the Army Board.-Responsibilities:...

in 1882 and retired in 1887.