Lieutenant-General Sir Edmond Roche Elles GCIE KCB DL (9 June 1848 – 6 January 1934) was a British Army officer who served in Egypt and India during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Sir
Edmond Elles
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Elles in 1918
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| Birth name | Edmond Roche Elles |
| Born | (1848-06-09)9 June 1848 |
| Died | 6 January 1934(1934-01-06) (aged 85) |
| Service/ |  British Indian Army |
| Years of service | 1867–1908 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-general |
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Elles entered the Royal Artillery in 1867 and was promoted to colonel in 1891. He was Assistant Quartermaster-General at Headquarters in India (intelligence branch) when he was in November 1893 appointed Deputy Quartermaster-General Bengal.[1] In 1900 he was promoted major-general. He served in Egypt and India, including the Indian Frontier, and was appointed a district commander in Peshawar on 18 October 1895.[2] Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in late 1899, Sir William Nicholson (then Adjutant-General in India) was posted to South Africa, and Elles was appointed acting Adjutant-General on 4 January 1900.[3][4] In December 1900 he was appointed to command a First class district in India (possibly Secunderabad district),[5] but was replaced four months later, in April 1901,[5] after he had been appointed an Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India in March 1901.[6] In January 1903, he was made a Knights Commander of India (KCIE).[7] He was promoted Lieutenant-general 1907, and retired from the army in 1908.[4]
In 1908, he was appointed a deputy lieutenantofSurrey.[8]
His daughter was Patricia Wentworth, a crime writer.[9]
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| Preceded by | Adjutant-General, India (acting) 1900–1901 |
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