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{{Short description|English cricketer and British Army general (1885–1979)}}
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[[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] '''Edward Herbert Fitzherbert''' {{postnominal|CBE|DSO|MC}} (3 December 1885 – 1 August 1979) was a [[British Army]] officer and an English first-class cricketer. In a military career which spanned from 1905–1943, Fitzherbert served with the [[Royal Army Service Corps]] during both the [[First World War]] and the [[Second World War]]. He was highly decorated, being awarded both the [[Military Cross]] and the [[Distinguished Service Order]] during the First World War. He also played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[British Army cricket team]].

==Early life and WWI service==
Fitzherbert was born at [[Pune|Poona]] in [[British India]], the son of colonel Edward Herbert Fitzherbert.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes |publisher=Kelly's Directories |year=1969 |page=747 |volume=95th |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PKIWAQAAIAAJ |language=en}}</ref> Moving to England, he was educated at [[Rossall School]], before attending the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].<ref name="BOOK"/> He graduated from Sandhurst in August 1905 and entered into the [[Royal Army Service Corps|Army Service Corps]] as a [[Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_&_other_Commonwealth_countries|second lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27827|date=15 August 1905|page=5622}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in August 1907,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28051|date=16 August 1907|page=5607}}</ref> with promotion to the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] coming one week into the [[First World War]] in August 1914.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28870|date=14 August 1914|page=6404}}</ref> He was made a temporary [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in November 1914.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29039|date=12 January 1915|page=461|supp=y}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Military Cross]] in June 1915,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29202|date=22 June 1915|page=6126|supp=y}}</ref> and was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] in the [[1918 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30450|date=28 December 1917|page=20|supp=y}}</ref> In January 1918, he was made a temporary [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30491|date=22 January 1918|page=1173|supp=y}}</ref>

==Later military career and life==
After the war, he relinquished both the temporary ranks of lieutenant colonel and major in July 1920 and October 1920 respectively.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31987|date=20 July 1920|page=7730|supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32072|date=1 October 1920|page=9669|supp=y}}</ref> In November 1920, he was again made a temporary major.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32110|date=2 November 1920|page=10708|supp=y}}</ref> He made a single appearance in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[British Army cricket team]] against [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]] at [[Fenner's]] in 1923.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29423/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Edward Fitzherbert |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=26 May 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting twice in the match, he scored 3 runs in the Army's first-innings, before being dismissed by [[Claude Ashton]], while in their second-innings he was dismissed [[duck (cricket)|without scoring]] by [[Cecil Booth (cricketer)|Cecil Booth]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/10/10759.html |title=Cambridge University v Army, 1923 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=26 May 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In October 1924, he gained the full rank of major.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32983|date=17 October 1924|page=7507}}</ref> He was appointed at the Deputy Assistant Director of Supplies and Transportation for the [[British_Army_of_the_Rhine#1919–1929|Rhine Army]] in April 1929,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33491|date=3 May 1929|page=2925}}</ref> a position he relinquished upon the dissolution of the Rhine Army later that year.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33563|date=24 December 1929|page=8382}}</ref> He was shortly thereafter appointed to as Chief Inspector of Subdivision Transportation in January 1930,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33569|date=10 January 1930|page=208}}</ref> a post he held until July 1931.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33736|date=17 July 1931|page=4701}}</ref> In October 1931, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33766|date=27 October 1931|page=6876}}</ref> with promotion to the rank of [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] coming in October 1935.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34211|date=25 October 1935|page=6699}}</ref> He was appointed as the Assistant Director of Supplies and Transportation at the [[War Office]] in May 1937.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34404|date=4 June 1937|page=3587}}</ref>

Serving during the [[Second World War]], he was promoted to the rank of [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|major-general]] in January 1941,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=35063|date=31 January 1941|page=674|supp=y}}</ref> with his retirement from active service coming in June 1943.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=36068|date=22 June 1943|page=2887|supp=y}}</ref> He was made a [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in the [[1943 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=35841|date=29 December 1942|page=9}}</ref> He exceeded the age for recall in December 1945 and was removed from the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Reserve of Officers]] list.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37372|date=30 November 1945|page=5888|supp=y}}</ref> He was appointed to the ceremonial position of [[colonel commandant]] of the Royal Army Service Corps in March 1947,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37894|date=28 February 1947|page=1032|supp=y}}</ref> a position he held until December 1950.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=39160|date=27 February 1951|page=1096|supp=y}}</ref> He died at [[Wandsworth]] in August 1979.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book| first=Nick| last=Smart| title=Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War| isbn=1844150496| year=2005| location=Barnesley| publisher=Pen & Sword}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=13077}}
*[https://generals.dk/general/Fitzherbert/Edward_Herbert/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]

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