Roll of Honour

Roll of Honour

Black, George Cumine Strahan

Biography: Son of John Black; born Aberdeen, 3 January 1882. Arts, 1899-1900. Commissioned, I.A., January 1902; Captain, 8th Rajputs, I.A., August 1914. Served with 11th Rajputs, 24th Punjabis, Bushire Field Force. Mesopotamia, March 1915-June 1917; Persia, October 1918-August 1919. Final rank, Major. O.B.E. (Mil.), 1920. Two mentions, 1916, 1920.

Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.


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