General Sir John Edward Spencer Brind, KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO (9 February 1878 – 14 October 1954) was a British Army officer who commanded the 4th Division.
[2][3] He served in the Second Boer War in South Africa from 1899 to 1900, where he took part in operations in the Orange Free State, including engagements near Vet River and Sand River, and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on 23 December 1900.
After the war, he was promoted to the rank of captain on 11 April 1902,[4] and served with the Native Mountain Artillery in India.
Following the outbreak of the First World War, which saw him attending the Staff College, Camberley as a student,[5] Brind was sent to France as a captain with the Royal Garrison Artillery on 16 August 1914.
[3] His final appointments were as Commander-in-Chief, International Force in the Saar in 1934, Adjutant-General, India in 1936, after being promoted to lieutenant general in March 1935,[9] and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command in October 1937, serving in that role in the early years of the Second World War before retiring in 1941.