Daniel Sandford (British Army Officer)
Brigadier Daniel Arthur Sandford CBE, DSO (18 June 1882 – 22 January 1972) was an officer in the British Army. He was a son of the Venerable Ernest Grey Sandford, Archdeacon of Exeter; his grandfather was Daniel Sandford (Bishop of Edinburgh), and his brother was Lieutenant Richard Douglas Sandford VC.
Early Life
Sandford was born at Barnstaple, Devon in June 1882.
Pre-World War I he was commissioned into the Royal Garrison Artillery & saw Imperial Service in both India and the Sudan.
World War I
Sandford first entered France as a Captain in February 1915, & by May 1916 had been promoted to the rank of Major and was Officer Commanding of the 94th (Siege) Battery, R.G.A., leading it in action at Hebuterne in Artois in opening of the Somme Offensive on July 1, 1916 (Medal Index Card, & War Diary of 94th (S) Battery, RGA (WO/95/470), The National Archive, Surrey).
Following the war he resigned and moved to Ethiopia. Colonel Sandford became an advisor to Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie.
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