About Edward Feetham
Lived 1863 – 1918 (aged 54). Edward Feetham was a British military officer.
Major-General Edward Feetham (4 June 1863 – 29 March 1918) was a British Army officer who was killed during the First World War whilst commanding the 39th Division, to which he had been promoted to command in August 1917, when promoted to temporary major general.
In April 1915 he was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general and took over the 137th (Staffordshire) Infantry Brigade.
He was the eighth of nine British divisional commanders to be killed or die of wounds during the war.
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Who was Edward Feetham?
British Army general (1863-1918)
When was Edward Feetham born?
Edward Feetham was born on 6 April 1863.
When did Edward Feetham die?
Edward Feetham died on 29 March 1918.
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Edward Feetham was a military officer.
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Edward Feetham was British.
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