Major General Sir James Howden MacBrien KCB CMG DSO CStJ (30 June 1878 – 5 March 1938) was a Canadian soldier and Chief of the General Staff, the head of the Canadian Militia (renamed the Canadian Army in 1940) from 1920 until 1927.
Military career
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Educated in Port Perry (Port Perry High School),[1] MacBrien initially joined the Canadian Militia with the 34th Ontario Regiment but then transferred to the North-West Mounted Police and, during the Second Boer War, to the South African Constabulary.[1][2] Returning to Canada he was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Dragoons.[1]
He also served in World War I as a general staff officer and then, from 1916, as commanding officer of 12th Infantry Brigade.[2]
After the war he was appointed Chief of the General Staff.[2]
He also served as the eighth Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, from August 1, 1931 to March 5, 1938.[1] MacBrien died in Toronto.
Family
In 1907 he married Nellie Louise Ross and in 1928 he married Emily Emely Hartridge.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Port Perry / Scugog Township Heritage Gallery
- ^ a b c McAndrew, William J. (7 October 2014). "James Howden MacBrien". The Canadian Encyclopedia (online ed.). Historica Canada.
Bibliography
- Davies, Frank; Maddocks, Graham (2014) [1995]. Bloody Red Tabs: General Officer Casualties of the Great War 1914–1918. Pen and Sword Books. ISBN 978-1-78346-237-7.
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