Picture No | 10724284 |
Date | 1917 |
Description | Lieut-General Sir Nevil Macready by Percival Anderson |
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General SIR CECIL FREDERICK NEVIL MACREADY (1862 - 1946) British Army officer serving in senior staff appointments in the First World War. Also served for two years as Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police. Pictured when he was Adjutant-General. Macready was responsible for the establishment of the Registration of War Graves Department which ensured every known grave of every soldier in every theatre of war was registered and photographed.
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Source | Illustration by Lieutenant Percival Anderson in The Tatler 24 October 1917 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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