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Sir William Terence Shone, (8 March 1850 – 11 July 1938) was a senior

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officer.

Military career

Shone was the son of John Allen Shone, barrister-at-law, and Eleanor, daughter of Terence Fitzgerald. He was educated at the

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and commissioned into the

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on 4 January 1871. He first saw active service in the

Second Anglo-Afghan War The Second Anglo-Afghan War (Dari: جنگ دوم افغان و انگلیس, ps, د افغان-انګرېز دويمه جګړه) was a military conflict fought between the British Raj and the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880, when the l ...

and was involved in the Mahsud Waziri Expedition of 1881. He served as Adjutant in the Royal Engineers and was

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during the

Third Anglo-Burmese War The Third Anglo-Burmese War ( my, တတိယ အင်္ဂလိပ် – မြန်မာစစ်, Tatiya Anggalip–Mran cac), also known as the Third Burma War, took place during 7–29 November 1885, with sporadic resistance conti ...

.''Whitaker's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage'' (London, J. Whitaker & sons), 606. He was appointed a Companion of the

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for operations in Burma. He was promoted to

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in 1889 and served in the two Miranzai Expeditions in 1891. He served in 1895 with the Chitral Relief Force, as Commander of Royal Engineer Lines of Communication from 28 March to August 1895. He was subsequently appointed a

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. He was promoted brevet

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in 1895, served with the China Field Force (1900-1) and as Chief Engineer and

brigadier general Brigadier general or Brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional general. When appointed ...

. He was Director-General of Military Works in India from 1901 to 1903, was promoted to

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on 1 April 1902, and

lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

on 19 December 1903. He was Inspector-General of Fortifications, Army Headquarters, from 1903 to 1904 and was created a

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in 1906. He retired from the regular army in 1907 and became Colonel Commandant of the Royal Engineers in 1918. Shone married, in 1893, Janet, daughter of

Gerald Fitzgibbon Gerald Fitzgibbon (8 October 1866 – 6 December 1942) was an Irish judge who served as a Judge of the Supreme Court from 1924 to 1938. He also served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin University constituency from 1921 to 1923. Family Fit ...

, Lord Justice of the Court of Appeal in Ireland and his wife Margaret FitzGerald, and they had one son, Sir Terence Shone (later British High Commissioner to India) and one daughter, Janet. He died on 11 July 1938.''

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1929–1940'', A. & C. Black, 1941, p. 1231.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shone, William 1850 births 1938 deaths Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Royal Engineers officers Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich