Noel Birch

General

Sir Noel Birch

GBE KCB KCMG
General; Sir Noel Birch; GBE KCB KCMG
	1917 portrait by Francis Dodd
Birth name	James Frederick Noel Birch
Nickname(s)	'Curly'
Born	29 December 1865; Llanrhaiadr, Denbighshire
Died	3 February 1939 (aged 73); Lambeth, London, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Years of service	1885–1927
Rank	General
Unit	Royal Horse Artillery
Commands	Master-General of the Ordnance; Territorial Army; 7th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery; 30th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry
Battles / wars	Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War; Second Boer War Siege of Kimberley; Battle of Diamond Hill; ; First World War Western Front Great Retreat; First Battle of the Aisne; ; ;
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire; Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath; Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

General Sir James Frederick Noel Birch (29 December 1865 – 3 February 1939) was a British Royal Artillery officer during the Second Boer War and the First World War who served as Master-General of the Ordnance from 1923 to 1927. The Birch gun was named after him.