Background
George Weir was born in Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, on 1 December 1876 to Doctor Archibald Weir of Malvern. In 1917, He married Margaret Irene, daughter of Robert More of Bexhill. The couple had a son and a daughter.
George Weir was born in Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, on 1 December 1876 to Doctor Archibald Weir of Malvern. In 1917, He married Margaret Irene, daughter of Robert More of Bexhill. The couple had a son and a daughter.
He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
After about six months, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant and transferred into the Regular Army on 11 January 1902 as a Captain in the 3rd Dragoon Guards. He was a newly appointed Senior Tactical Instructor at the Cavalry School at the start of World War I, but he deployed with the 4th Cavalry Brigade, as Staff Captain, to France in the British Expeditionary Force. Soon afterwards, in October 1914, he was appointed GSO2 of the newly formed 2nd (Cavalry) Division and in June 1915, he became commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles and was slightly wounded in September.
In October 1915, Weir took command of 84th Brigade (and was promoted to Brigadier), which was almost immediately transferred to Salonika as part of the 28th Division.
After the War, in 1922, Weir was appointed as Commandant of the Equitation School and Inspector of Cavalry. In 1927, he was posted to India as General Officer Commanding, Bombay District and in 1932 he commanded the 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division of the Territorial Army.
In 1934 he became General Officer Commanding the British Troops in Egypt (re-titled as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief in 1936), and was promoted to full general in October 1937. Weir retired from the Army on 12 April 1938 and joined the Officers" Reserve (until December 1943).
Weir held appointments as Honorary Colonel to the 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales"s Dragoon Guards) (September 1929 until December 1946), to the 8th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment (TA) (June 1938 until December 1946) and the 639th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Worcestershire Regiment) (January 1947 until September 1949).
Weir was Deputy Lieutenant of Worcestershire from 26 June 1941 and served as Vice-Chairman of the Worcester Territorial Army Association. He died on 15 November 1951.