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Hubert Isacke (28 October 1872 – 12 February 1943) was a

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officer.

Military career

Educated at

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and the

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, Isacke was commissioned into the

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on 14 December 1892, and promoted to

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on 8 August 1894. He was wounded during the

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in 1897. Serving in the 2nd Battalion of his regiment, he was in early 1900 posted to South Africa for service in the

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. Together with 1030 officers and men of the battalion, he left Southampton on the ''SS Bavarian'' in March 1900, and on arriving in South Africa was part of the 17th Brigade, 8th Division. The battalion stayed there until after the end of the war in 1902, and then was posted to

Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. He landed in France with the British Expeditionary Force and then became Director of Staff Duties and Training at

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in July 1916 during the

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. After the war he became commander of

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in India in January 1920, Commander of the

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in India in September 1920 and General Officer Commanding

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in India in December 1925. His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding

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in June 1927 before retiring in June 1931.

References

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