Returning to the Western Front for the third time in March 1917 , Sackville-West commanded the 182nd Infantry Brigade until 18 November , when he was promoted to temporary major-general and attached to the General Staff . He was promoted to the substantive rank of colonel on 1 April 1918 . In 1918-9 , as an ally of the CIGS Henry Wilson , he served on the Supreme War Council , and was promoted to substantive major-general on 1 January 1919 . Sackville-West received several decorations during his wartime service . He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George ( CMG ) on 18 February 1915 , and was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( KBE ) in the 1919 Birthday Honours on 3 June 1919 . He was also decorated as a Commander of the Legion of Honour of France in 1918 and as a Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy in 1919 . In 1921 , he was decorated with the Italian Cross of War , followed by the Cross of War of France
Cross of War
Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)
Charles Sackville-West, 4th Baron Sackville