General Alderson

Lieutenant General Sir Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson (1859-1927) in command of the Canadian Expeditionary Force until the calamitous battle of St Eloi in April 1916, which caused his transferral to the largely symbolic post of Inspector-General of Canadian Forces Overseas.

Description: Press cutting from an unidentified magazine bearing a black and white photograph of General Sir Edwin Alderson
Date: 1915
Source: Armstrong Collection – Supplementary Material
Identifier: Uncatalogued item