George Erskine
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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George Erskine
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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General Sir George Watkin Eben ...... which he had direct knowledge.
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George Watkin Eben James Erski ...... ijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog.
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George Watkin Eben James Erski ...... ia Mau Mau w latach 1952–1955.
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George Watkin Eben James Erski ...... rrepresioa gidatu zuen Kenyan.
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Sir George „Bobby“ Watkin Eben ...... 964 Vizegouverneur von Jersey.
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69th Infantry Brigade
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1899-08-23
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1965-08-29
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Rusper, West Sussex, England
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Saint Mary Magdalene Churchyard, Rusper, Horsham District, West Sussex, England
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General Sir George Watkin Eben ...... which he had direct knowledge.
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George Watkin Eben James Erski ...... ijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog.
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George Watkin Eben James Erski ...... ia Mau Mau w latach 1952–1955.
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George Watkin Eben James Erski ...... rrepresioa gidatu zuen Kenyan.
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Sir George „Bobby“ Watkin Eben ...... 964 Vizegouverneur von Jersey.
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