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1914 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1914 were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were announced on 2 January 1914. Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross (GCB) ;Military Division *Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Scott Gould Miles, K.C.B., C.V.O., Colonel, Royal Munster Fusiliers, Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Gibraltar. Knight Commander (KCB) ;Military Division *Vice-Admiral Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram, C.B. *Rear-Admiral (Acting Vice-Admiral) Lewis Bayly, C.V.O., C.B. *Admiral Randolph Frank Ollive Foote, C.M.G. *Vice-Admiral Arthur Murray Farquhar, C.V.O. *Vice-Admiral Paul Warner Bush, M.V.O. *Major-General Barrington Bulkley Douglas Campbell-Douglas, C.V.O., C.B., Retired Pay. *Major-General Thomas Perrott, C.B., Retired Pay. *Major-General William Drummond Scrase Dickins, C.B., Retired Pay. *Major-General Herbert Mansfield, C.B., Retired Pay. *Lieutenant-General Sir James Willcocks, K. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother Queen Victoria, George was the second son of Edward VII, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and was third in the line of succession to the British throne behind his father and his elder brother, Prince Albert Victor. From 1877 to 1892, George served in the Royal Navy, until the unexpected death of his elder brother in early 1892 put him directly in line for the throne. On Victoria's death in 1901, George's father ascended the throne as Edward VII, and George was created Prince of Wales. He became King-Emperor, king-emperor on his father's death in 1910. George's reign saw the rise of socialism, communism, fascism, Irish republicanism, and the Indian independence movement, all of which radically changed the poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Register Office For Scotland
The General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) ( gd, Oifis Choitcheann a' Chlàraidh na h-Alba) was a non-ministerial directorate of the Scottish Government that administered the registration of births, deaths, marriages, divorces and adoptions in Scotland from 1854 to 2011. It was also responsible for the statutes relating to the formalities of marriage and conduct of civil marriage in Scotland. It administered the census of Scotland's population every ten years. It also kept the Scottish National Health Service Central Register. On 1 April 2011 it was merged with the National Archives of Scotland to form National Records of Scotland. All the former department's functions continue as part of the new body. History Initially ministers of the Church of Scotland were responsible for keeping parish records of baptisms and marriages, but only for their own church members. Later the Privy Council of Scotland, following the suggestion of the General Assembly of the Church of Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Everett (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral Sir Allan Frederic Everett (22 February 1868 – 22 January 1938) was a Royal Navy officer who served as First Naval Member and Chief of the Australian Naval Staff from 1921 to 1923. Naval services Born the fourth son of Colonel John Frederic Everett, Everett joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1884. He became Captain of the Fleet for the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet in 1913 and at the start of the First World War found himself on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet. He was made Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord in 1915 and Aide-de-Camp to the King in 1916. He became Naval Secretary later that year and served in that role during the closing stages of the war. He was given command of the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron in October 1918. After the war he was given command of the 8th Light Cruiser Squadron in the Atlantic, before becoming First Naval Member and Chief of the Australian Naval Staff in 1921 and then Commander-in-Chief, China Station in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, (3 February 1873 – 10 February 1956) was a British officer who was instrumental in establishing the Royal Air Force. He has been described as the "Father of the Royal Air Force." During his formative years, Trenchard struggled academically, failing many examinations and only just succeeding in meeting the minimum standard for commissioned service in the British Army. As a young infantry officer, Trenchard served in India and with the outbreak of the Boer War, he volunteered for service in South Africa. While fighting the Boers, Trenchard was critically wounded and as a result of his injury, he lost a lung, was partially paralysed and returned to Great Britain. On medical advice, Trenchard travelled to Switzerland to recuperate and boredom saw him taking up bobsleighing. After a heavy crash, Trenchard found that his paralysis was gone and that he could walk unaided. Following further recuperation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vere Bonamy Fane
Major-General Sir Vere Bonamy Fane (16 June 1863 – 23 May 1924) was an officer in the British Army and British Indian Army. He served in the Boxer Rebellion and First World War. Career Vere Fane was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Manchester Regiment on 12 November 1884 and in March 1888 transferred to the Bengal Staff Corps of the British Indian Army. Promoted to captain on 12 November 1895, he was on 1 April 1900 appointed deputy assistant adjutant-general in Derajat, attached to the Punjab Command. Only months later, he was in August 1900 appointed to serve on the staff of the Indian Cavalry Brigade that formed part of the China Field Force during the Boxer Rebellion, and from October that year acted as Provost marshal and police commissioner in Tientsin. For his services during the campaign, he was Mentioned in Despatches by Lieutenant-General Sir Alfred Gaselee, and by Major-General O'Moore Creagh. Fane had returned home by October 1902. He was promoted to major an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Sinclair Delamain
Lieutenant-General Sir Walter Sinclair Delamain (18 February 1862 – 6 March 1932) was an officer of the British Indian Army. Early service Delamain was born in Saint Helier, the son of Charles Henry Delamain and Susan Sarah Christina Gun. He attended the Royal Military College and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Berkshire Regiment) on 22 October 1881. On 13 January 1885 he was seconded for service with the Indian Staff Corps, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Bombay Staff Corps on 1 February 1885, with seniority of 22 October 1881. He was promoted to captain, 22 October 1892, and given the temporary rank of Major, 4 November 1898. As Commandant of the Native Military Base Depot during the Boxer Rebellion he was mentioned in despatches. On 26 May 1901 he was appointed a Special Service Officer on the staff of the China Field Force, and his rank of major was made substantive on 10 July 1901. In October 1902 he was in command of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Handcock Thesiger
Major-General George Handcock Thesiger (6 October 1868 – 27 September 1915) was a senior officer in the British Army during the First World War who was killed in action during the Battle of Loos by German shellfire. His career had encompassed military service in Egypt, South Africa, Ireland, British India and France and had been rewarded with membership in two chivalric orders. Early career Thesiger was born in October 1868 into the Thesiger family, the son of Lieutenant General Charles Wemyss Thesiger and Charlotte Elizabeth Handcock. He was the middle of three children, with one older sister, Ethel Mary, and one younger brother, Gerald. He was the grandson of the politician Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford and nephew of Major-General Frederic Thesiger and the judge Alfred Henry Thesiger. Thesiger was educated at Eton College before attending the Royal Military College, Sandhurst for training as an infantry officer.P.106–107, ''Bloody Red Tabs'', Davies & Maddo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles James Briggs
Lieutenant General Sir Charles James Briggs, (22 October 1865 – 27 November 1941) was a British Army officer who held high command in World War I. Military career Born the son of Colonel Charles James Briggs, JP, DL, Brigg's education took place largely abroad, including periods in France and Germany.Centre for First World War Studies University of Birmingham He was commissioned into the on 30 January 1886 and served as |
Frederic Manley Glubb
Major General Sir Frederic Manley Glubb (19 August 1857 – 31 July 1938) was a British Army officer, who was a senior figure in the Royal Engineers during the First World War. He was the father of the Army officer Sir John Bagot Glubb ("Glubb Pasha") and of the racing driver Gwenda Hawkes. Glubb was born in 1857, the son of Orlando Manley Glubb, an officer in the 37th Bengal Native Infantry. He attended Wellington College and then studied at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, from where he entered the Royal Engineers in 1877. He was promoted to Captain in 1888, and married Frances Bagot, daughter of an Irish rural landowner, the following year . In 1895 he was promoted to Major, and in November 1900 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his services in the Boer War in South Africa (1899-1900)."GLUBB, Maj.-Gen. Sir Frederic Manley", in ''Who Was Who'' (2007)Online edition/ref> After the war, Glubb was appointed to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1903 and Colonel in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percival Spearman Wilkinson
Major-General Sir Percival Spearman Wilkinson (5 July 1865 – 4 November 1953) was a British Army officer who served as colonel of the Northumberland Fusiliers. Military career Wilkinson was commissioned into the 5th Regiment of Foot on 10 November 1883. He became Inspector General of the Royal West African Frontier Force in 1909. Promoted to major-general on 8 August 1912, he served as Commander of the 1st Secunderabad Infantry Brigade, part of the 9th (Secunderabad) Division, on internal security duties in India and then served as General Officer Commanding 50th (Northumbrian) Division on the Western Front from August 1915 until February 1918 during the First World War. He returned to command 50th (Northumbrian) Division as a peacetime formation in the UK in July 1919 before he retired on 4 July 1923. In retirement he was Chief Commissioner of St. John Ambulance. He was colonel of the Northumberland Fusiliers The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers was an infantry regiment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Phillimore
Admiral Sir Richard Fortescue Phillimore, (23 December 1864 – 8 November 1940) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth from 1923 to 1926. Naval career Phillimore was born at Boconnoc in Cornwall on 23 December 1864, the son of Admiral Sir Augustus Phillimore, and educated at Westminster School. He joined the Royal Navy in 1878, was promoted to lieutenant on 20 August 1886, and to commander on 1 January 1899. He was posted to on 27 March 1900, and joined her in the China Station where she took part in the response to the Boxer Rebellion later in 1900. He was given command of in 1903 and then led the Naval Brigade Machine Guns in Somaliland the next year. He was then given command of in 1907, in 1909 and the battlecruiser in 1911. Phillimore served in the First World War, resuming command of HMS ''Inflexible'' in 1914, and then as Principal Beach Master for the landings at Cape Helles in the Dardanelles in April 1915. He went on to be liais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hubert Grant-Dalton
Admiral Hubert Grant-Dalton, CB (21 July 1862 – 22 April 1934) was a Royal Navy officer. During his career of nearly 40 years, he served in numerous small vessels, participated in three punitive expeditions in Africa, and commanded a cruiser during the first years of the First World War. Royal Navy career Grant-Dalton joined the Royal Navy. He was promoted to lieutenant on 21 June 1884, and to commander on 31 December 1895. From November 1900 until January 1903, Grant-Dalton was in command of the cruiser HMS ''Bellona'', serving in the Home Fleet The Home Fleet was a fleet of the Royal Navy that operated from the United Kingdom's territorial waters from 1902 with intervals until 1967. In 1967, it was merged with the Mediterranean Fleet creating the new Western Fleet. Before the First .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Grant-Dalton, Hubert 1862 births 1934 deaths Companions of the Order of the Bath Royal Navy admirals Royal Navy admirals of World War I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
