Editing Ernest Shackleton (section)

== Russian Civil War ==
Shackleton was specially appointed a temporary major on 22&nbsp;July 1918.<ref name=Major>{{London Gazette|issue=30920 |supp=y|page=11408|date=24 September 1918}}</ref> From October 1918, he served with the [[North Russia Intervention|North Russia Expeditionary Force]] in the [[Russian Civil War]] under the command of Major-General [[Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside|Edmund Ironside]], with the role of advising on the equipment and training of British forces in arctic conditions.<ref name=OMRS>{{cite journal|first=Damien |last=Wright |title=Shackleton's men in the Arctic: polar explorers and Arctic warfare in North Russia 1918–19 |journal=Journal of the Orders & Medals Research Society |publisher=OMRS |volume=56 |issue=3 |date=September 2017 |pages=188–199|url=https://omrs.org/journal3EZ83U4D4F13hu5L/2017/Sescv0h!/OMRSbTs845WMjk53Z52q1zT6nr3rjournalvol56no3316.pdf |access-date=25 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003030516/https://omrs.org/journal3EZ83U4D4F13hu5L/2017/Sescv0h!/OMRSbTs845WMjk53Z52q1zT6nr3rjournalvol56no3316.pdf |archive-date=3 October 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

For his "valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in North Russia", Shackleton was appointed an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] in the 1919 King's Birthday Honours,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31376 |supp=y|page=6975|date=30 May 1919}}</ref> and he was also [[mentioned in despatches]] by General Ironside.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31938 |supp=y|page=6456|date=8 June 1920}}</ref> Returning to England in early March 1919, he was full of plans for the economic development of Northern Russia.<ref name=OMRS/> In the midst of seeking capital, his plans foundered when Northern Russia fell to [[Bolshevik]] control.{{sfn|Huntford|1985|pp=671–672}} Shackleton was finally discharged from the army in October 1919, retaining his rank of major.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32261 |supp=y|page=2187|date=15 March 1921}}</ref>