Daniel Arthur Sandford, DSO RGA

Brigadier Daniel Arthur Sandford CBE, DSO (18 June 1882 – 22 January 1972) was an officer in the British Army, and an advisor to Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Sandford_(British_Army_officer)

Daniel Sandford arrived at the Western Front in France as a Captain in February 1915, and by May 1916 had been promoted to the rank of Major and was Officer Commanding of the 94th (Siege) Battery, RGA, leading it in action at Hebuterne, Artois, at the start of the Somme Offensive on 1 July 1916 until he was posted to command 355 (Siege) Battery in September 1918.

Following the war he resigned his commission and moved to Ethiopia in 1920, where he became an advisor to Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie.

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• First name(s) Daniel Arthur
• Last name Sandford
• Year 1914-20
• Service number -
• Rank Captain, Major, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel
• Second rank Major
• Third rank Brevet Lieutenant Colonel
• Regiment Royal Garrison Artillery
• Second corps Royal Garrison Artillery
• Third corps Royal Garrison Artillery
• Service record Rank: Captain, Corps: Royal Garrison Artillery
• Second service record Rank: Major, Corps: Royal Garrison Artillery
• Third service record Rank: Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, Corps: Royal Garrison Artillery
• Image link http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D5019999
• Country Great Britain
• Medal type British Army Medal Index Cards, 1914-1920
• Archive reference WO372/17