John Asser

General Sir Joseph John Asser, KCB, KCMG, KCVO (31 August 1867 – 4 February 1949) was a British Army officer.

He entered the Dorsetshire Regiment in September 1887[3] and was appointed aide-de-camp to the General Officer Commanding, Egypt in 1892.

From 1907 to 1914 he was adjutant-general of the Egyptian Army; during this period he commanded the Southern Kordofan expedition in 1910, for which he was awarded the medal and clasp.

[4] Asser retired from the Army in July 1914 but returned to service on the outbreak of war that year.

[4] Asser was Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Bermuda from 1922 to 1927 and was promoted to full general in November 1926.

King George V about to disembark from the Royal Navy flotilla leader HMS Whirlwind at Calais, 5 August 1918. With him are Lieutenant-General George Henry Fowke , the Adjutant-General of the Expeditionary Force; Arthur Bigge, 1st Baron Stamfordham ; Lieutenant-General Joseph Asser; Major Edward Gerald Thompson, the ADC to Field Marshal Haig; Captain Gush RN; and Rowland Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer.