Brigadier-General George Stuart Tuxford, CB, CMG, DSO, ED (7 February 1870 – 1942) was a pioneer of the Buffalo Pound Lake District, Saskatchewan, and later a senior officer in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF).
Tuxford was appointed as the first commanding officer of the independent D Squadron, a sub-unit of the 16th Mounted Rifles, the later being first militia unit to be raised in Saskatchewan since the North-West Rebellion.
Later promoted to lieutenant colonel, Tuxford became the first commanding officer of the newly formed 27th Light Horse with its regimental headquarters located in Moose Jaw.
At the outbreak of war, Lieutenant Colonel Tuxford attested for overseas service with the Canadian Expeditionary Force and was appointed to command the 5th (Western Cavalry) Battalion at Camp Valcartier.
In March 1916 he was promoted brigadier general[2] and succeeded Archibald Cameron Macdonell in command of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade, which he led during the battles of Mount Sorrel, the Somme, Courcelette, Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, Amiens, Arras, and Cambrai.