Background
WELCH, George Osbaldeston was born on June 12, 1861. Son of late Captain Edward Welch, 93rd Highlanders, of Arle, near Cheltenham.
WELCH, George Osbaldeston was born on June 12, 1861. Son of late Captain Edward Welch, 93rd Highlanders, of Arle, near Cheltenham.
Ecluc.: privately. Joined 19th Hussars from Militia, 1882. Transferred to Army Service Corps as a Captain, 1889. Major, 1897; Baronet Lieutenant -Colonel 1900.
Lieutenant-Colonel 1902.
Baronet Colonel 1904. Substantive Colonel 1906.
Served Egyptian Expedition, 1884 (medal with clasp and bronze star). Soudan Expedition 1885 (clasp).
On the Stall"in South African War, 1899-1902 (despatches twice, Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel, Queen's medal with six clasps, King’s medal with two clasps).
StaffCaptain Egypt, 1894-1897. O.C.A.S.C. Scottish District, 1898-1899. Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant-General South Africa, 1900.
Assistant-Adjutant-General South Africa, 1900-1903.
O.C. Army Service Corps Southern District, 1903-1904. Cape Colony District, 1905-1906.
A.D.T. and O.C.A.S.C. South Africa, 1906. A.D.T. War Office, 1906 - 08.
Assistant Director of Military Transport, Woolwich Arsenal, since 1908.
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Club: Naval and Military.
Spouse 1887, Jessie, 2nd cl. of G. J. Robertson, Bath.