Edward Perceval

Major General Sir Edward Maxwell Perceval KCB, DSO (13 August 1861 – 26 November 1955) was a British Army officer.

[7] He saw action in the Second Boer War, which began in October 1899, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO).

[16] After serving on the half-pay list, from May 1912,[17] Perceval was then appointed to be assistant director of movements at the War Office in London in October.

[19] He deployed to France with the division, which formed part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), in August 1914, shortly after the start of the First World War.

[22][23] In June he was promoted to the rank of major general[24] and, in July, he became general officer commanding (GOC) of the 49th (West Riding) Division, a Territorial Force (TF) formation which had recently arrived on the Western Front, which he would command for over two years, including during the Battle of the Somme in mid-1916.

Lieutenant General Sir Douglas Haig , GOC I Corps, confers with Major General Charles Monro , GOC 2nd Division, in a street in France, August 1914. Second from right is Brigadier General J. Gough , Haig's BGGS, talking to Brigadier General E. M. Perceval, BGRA 2nd Division.