Lieutenant General Sir Geoffrey Weston Howard, KCB, CMG, DSO (14 December 1876 – 3 October 1966) was a British Army officer who commanded the 5th Division from 1934 to 1937.
The battalion was present at the operations around Colesberg in January 1900, following which he was promoted to lieutenant on 29 January 1900; then took part in the battle of Paardeberg (February 1900) and the subsequent march to Bloemfontein, during which he was aide-de-camp (ADC) to Brigadier General Theodore Stephenson.
His battalion joined the force that subsequently went to occupy Pretoria, and took part in the engagement at the Vet River, and the battles of Diamond Hill (June 1900) and Belfast (August 1900).
[5] After the war ended in June 1902, Howard stayed in South Africa as ADC to Stephenson, who was now Major-General in Command at Bloemfontein district.
[2] In October 1918, at the end of the war, he was made commander of the 48th (South Midland) Division's 145th Infantry Brigade.