Andrew Becher


Andrew Cracroft Becher was a senior British Army officer.

Military career

Educated at Rugby School, Becher was commissioned into the Royal Scots on 30 January 1878. After service with the Norfolk Regiment in South Africa, he became commander of the 2nd Lothian Volunteer Infantry Brigade in March 1907 and commander of the Durham Light Infantry Brigade in 1908. He went on to be General Officer Commanding 63rd Division in 1914 and commander of the Southern Command Depot in Sutton Coldfield in 1916.

Family

In 1883 he married Frances Maude Johnson; they had one son and two daughters. Following the death of his first wife he married Elisabeth Dalyell Stewart in 1907; they had three sons.