Percy FitzGerald

Brigadier-General Percy Desmond FitzGerald, DSO (18 April 1873 – 17 August 1933) was a cavalry officer in the British Army and a sportsman, playing polo and cricket at competition levels.

Born in Australia, he moved to Great Britain and joined the army, initially serving in the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), and then the 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars.

[6][1] His Queen's South Africa Medal had four clasps: Belfast, Orange Free State, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing's Nek.

[8] Following the war, in December 1903, FitGerald became the aide-de-camp to Brigadier General Michael Rimington, commanding the 3rd Cavalry Brigade.

[13] He eventually became a brevet lieutenant colonel and temporary brigadier general, commanding the 5th Mounted Brigade in the Sinai and Palestine campaign.

Group portrait of officers at the British Staff College at Camberley , England, 1906. Percy FitzGerald, then a captain, is in the second row, second on the left.