GENERAL FROM THE RANKS.
DECORATED BY THE KING. From private to brigadier-tgieneral is the Army record of one of the recipients of honours at the investiture held by the King at Buckingham Palace (says a London paper of June Ist). ’ Nineteen years ago Ernest Dic.ison. of Bath, then a private soldier, > > ught at Spion Kop. Yesterday, as bi .'-artier-general, ■ ho was invested by his Majesty* with the insignia, of tne most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, and of Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Military Division.
Brigadier-General Dickson’s c&reer furnishes one of the most remarkable instances of rapid promotion during the war. Aft sr the Beer campaign Private Dickson went to Rhodesia and took up farming and mining, but happening to be in England in 1914 he joined up, and was given a commission in the Motor Transport A.S.C. He was sent to Mesopotamia. In twelve months he was colonel, and some 18 months ago was promoted brigadier-general. He was engaged repeatedly on confidential work of great importance, having to go into Persia and Arabia- to make reports to his commanding officer. He is a son of Mrs. Dickson, of Bloomfield avenue, Bath.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IX, Issue 197, 6 August 1919, Page 7
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