The Caring General

The Life and Letters of Major General Sir Harold Goodeve Ruggles-Brise, KCMG, CB, MVO

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Harold Ruggles-Brise (1864–1927) was a commander who instilled confidence and loyalty, and whose kindness was never taken for weakness. This first biography records his Essex childhood and marriage to Dorothea, daughter of the Earl of Atholl; their letters describe his service in South Africa and on the Western Front, where he was severely wounded in the First Battle of Ypres, and his post-war work on behalf of ex-servicemen.

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