General Sir George Watkin Eben James Erskine GCB KBE DSO (23 August 1899 – 29 August 1965) was a senior British Army officer who is most notable for having commanded the 7th Armoured Division from 1943 to 1944 during World War II, and leading major counter-insurgency operations during the Mau Mau Uprising, including the brutal interrogation and torture of Kenyan civilians and other war crimes, of which he had direct knowledge.
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23 August 1899 Hascombe, Surrey, England
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Died |
29 August 1965 (aged 66) Rusper, West Sussex, England
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Zodiac | Leo |
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