George Weir (British Army officer)
British Army general
General Sir George Alexander Weir (1 December 1876 – 15 November 1951) was a British Army officer who served in the Second Boer War and the First World War.
Early life
George Weir was born in Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, on 1 December 1876 to Dr Archibald Weir of Malvern. He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1917, he married Margaret Irene, daughter of Robert More of Bexhill; the couple had a son and a daughter.
Military career
Weir served in South Africa between 1899 and 1901 as a non-commissioned volunteer in the Worcestershire Yeomanry and was mentioned in despatches twice and awarded four clasps to his Queen's Medal. After about six months, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant and transferred into the Regular Army on 11 January 1902 as a captain on probation in the 3rd Dragoon Guards, the appointment being confirmed the following year. He was subsequently seconded for service with a Provisional Regiment of Dragoons from January 1903.
He was promoted to major in July 1912.
By 1914, Weir had passed staff college and attained the rank of major. He was on 29 June appointed to the Cavalry School as an instructor.
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