Andre Cedargore
Sir Andre Cedargore | |
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 Sir Andre Cedargore | |
| Born | October 16, 1871 Jamestown, Aswick |
| Died | May 5, 1948 (aged 76) Jamestown, Aswick |
| Allegiance |  Aswick |
| Service/ | Army |
| Years of service | 1891-1940 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held | Aswickan Expeditionary Force 3rd Infantry Brigade Royal Highland Fusiliers |
| Battles/wars | Tridentum Campaign |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of Aswick Knight Commander of the Order of the Rose Distinguished Service Order |
| Children | Brigadier Sir Henry Cedargore, 1st Baron Cedargore |
General Sir Andre Cedargore, KCA, KCR, DSO (16 October 1871 – 5 May 1948) was a senior officer in the Aswickan Army, who is most notable for commanding the Aswickan Expeditionary Force during the Tridentum Campaign.
Biography
He spoke English, German, and French, was considered charming, courtly and kind. He was full of energy. He was twice recommended for the Valour Cross, but on the first occasion was considered too young, and on the second too senior. He was wounded in the wrist once, leaving his left hand almost useless. His left leg was shorter than the right, as a result of a serious injury falling from a horse.
Different people came to hold differing opinions of him. Prime Minister R.V. Andrews remarked that he had "too much feather in his brain", whereas Orry Beans, war correspondent covering the Tridentum Campaign considered he had "a breadth of mind which the army in general does not possess". He opposed conscription and was considered less ruthless than other successful generals.
He wrote a volume of poetry and a novel contemporarily described as risqué. Works included The Fighting of the Future, Icarus, A Jaunt on a Junk and A Staff Officer's Scrapbook. In the introduction of his Tridentum diary, he commented: "There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win".
Cedargore's father was Colonel Christian Cedargore, former commander of the 23rd Highlanders. His mother Corine was the daughter of a nobleman. He was educated in Jamestown. He married Mary Hamilton in 1897, daughter of a Jamestown businessman.
Military career
Tridentum Campaign
Later life
Selected works
Legacy
Andre Cedargore's son, Henry, joined the army in 1920. He served on the western front and rose to be a Brigadier in the second Great Astyrian War. For his part in that war, he was created as the first Baron Cedargore.