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[[Major General]] '''Sydney Buxton Pope''' [[Order of the Bath|CB]] [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (9 February 1879 – 1955) was a British officer who served in the [[British Indian Army]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Whitehead|first=Clive|title=Colonial educators: the British Indian and colonial education service 1858-1983|publisher=1860648649|year=2003|page=37|isbn=1-86064-864-9}}</ref>

==Military career ==
He was born 9 February 1879 at Dacca, Bengal.<ref>Biographical Register of Christ's College, 1505–1905</ref>

Educated St. Pauls School and Christ' College, Cambridge.<ref>Who’s Who 1935</ref>

Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 4th battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers 12 July 1900.<ref>London Gazette 24 July 1900</ref>

Transferred to Royal Irish Regiment 4 May 1901.<ref>London Gazette 3 May 1901</ref>

Transferred to the Indian Army 8 April 1903.<ref>January 1908 Indian Army List</ref>

Promoted Lieutenant 4 August 1903 attached the 113th Infantry.<ref>London Gazette 1 April 1904</ref>

He transferred to the 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force) 25 February 1904.<ref>January 1908 Indian Army List</ref>

He served on the campaign against the Mohmands on the North West Frontier during 1908.<ref>January 1937 Indian army list supplement</ref>

Promoted Captain 4 May 1910.<ref>January 1915 Indian Army List</ref>

Appointed Aide-de-Camp to the commander of the 4th (Quetta) division 5 December 1913 to 23 February 1914.<ref>January 1937 Indian army list supplement</ref>

From February 1914 he was at the [[Quetta Staff College]].<ref>April 1914 Indian Army List</ref>

He served during [[World War I]] he served mostly on the Staff in France & Palestine and was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]], French Legion d' Honneur and Egyptian Order of the Nile, 3rd class.<ref>January 1937 Indian army list supplement</ref>

He was promoted Major 4 May 1916.<ref>January 1919 Indian Army List</ref>

He was appointed Brevet Lt-Col 1 January 1919 and Brevet Colonel 3 May 1921.

Appointed D. A. & Q. M. G. Baluch District 1 July 1922 to 31 July 1923 as a temporary Colonel.<ref>April 1923 Indian Army List</ref><ref>January 1937 Indian army list supplement</ref>

Promoted Colonel 29 April 1924 with seniority from 3 May 1921.

Appointed temporary Brigadier Commanding 8th Indian Infantry Brigade from 4 July 1926 to 4 July 1930.<ref>January 1937 Indian army list supplement</ref>

Promoted Major - General 29 October 1930 and awarded the [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] the same year.<ref>January 1931 Indian Army List</ref><ref>London Gazette 6 June 1930</ref>

He was on the unemployed list from 18 October 1930 to 27 October 1931.

Appointed District Commander Waziristan District 16 November 1931 to 27 August 1934.<ref>January 1937 Indian army list supplement</ref>

Appointed D. A. & Q. M. G., Southern Command 27 August 1934 to 27 August 1938.<ref>January 1937 Indian army list supplement</ref><ref>London Gazette 16 September 1938</ref>

Retired Major - General 27 August 1938.<ref>London Gazette 26 August 1938</ref>

He was appointed the Colonel of the 4/19 Hyderabad Regiment (late the 98th Infantry) from 28 August 1931 to 31 May 1949 and was the first colonel of the [[Kumaon Regiment]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Praval|first=K. C.|title=Valour triumphs: a history of the Kumaon Regiment |publisher=Thomson Press|location=India|year=1976|page=xv}}</ref><ref>January 1935 Indian army List</ref>

He was appointed the Colonel of the 5/13 Frontier Force Rifles (late the 58th Vaughans Rifles) 24 February 1933.<ref>January 1935 Indian army List</ref>

In retirement he was appointed a King's Messenger, an appointment he relinquished on 27 June 1940.<ref>London Gazette 12 July 1940</ref>

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