Herbert Cecil Potter

Brigadier-General Herbert Cecil Potter CB CMG DSO (1875–1964) served with the King's Liverpool Regiment and The Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He was later Colonel Commandant of the 3rd Indian Infantry Brigade, Peshawar.

Potter was educated at Bedford Modern School and Sandhurst. He served in the South African War (1901–02) where he was awarded the Queen's Medal (with three clasps) and Sudan in 1908 (medal and clasp, 4th Class Osmanieh). During World War I he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the CMG and the DSO. He retired from military service in 1927.