chairing the anti-Bolshevik National Security Union, and joining the anti-socialist and protectionist British Commonwealth Union. When the British Fascisti was formed in the early 1920s, Pilcher became a member and an official of its London branch. Pilcher died in 1928, aged 70, of pneumonia. He was survived by his second wife. Publications Pilcher published a number of books through his career: Manœuvre block (1895) Artillery from an Infantry Officer's Point of View (1896[?]) Some Lessons from the Boer War, 1899–1902 (1903) – digital copy Some considerations connected with the formations of infantry in attack and defence (1906) The writing on the wall [published anonymously as "General Staff"] (1906) Fire problems (1912) A general's letters to his son on obtaining his commission [published anonymously] (1917) – digital copy A General's letters to his son on minor tactics [published anonymously as "X. Y. Z."] (1918) – digital copy War according to Clausewitz [edited, with commentary] (1918) East is East: stories of Indian life (1922) – digital copy References External links |- 1858 births 1928 deaths Military personnel from Rome British Army major generals British Army generals of World War I British Army personnel of the Second Boer War Companions of the Order of the Bath English male writers People educated at Harrow School Cheshire Regiment officers Royal Northumberland Fusiliers officers Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment officers English fascists Deaths from pneumonia in the United Kingdom British political candidates Royal West African Frontier Force officers Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley