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Typed, signed note from Symes' private secretary England/Egypt Sir George Stewart Symes GCB, GCMG, DSO (1882 - 1962) was a British Army officer and colonial governor. Symes served in the South African War in 1902 and in the Aden Hinterland, 1903-1904. He is said to have been the only British army officer to be awarded a DSO for services in the hinterland. He was Governor of the Palestine North District from 1920 to 1925, Chief Secretary to the Government of Palestine from 1925 to 1928, Governor of Tanganyika from 1931 to 1933 and Governor-General of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from 1934 to 1940.