Havelock Hudson

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Havelock Hudson , GCB , KCIE (born June 26, 1862 , † December 25, 1944 ) was a British officer in the British Army , who was last as a general between 1920 and 1924 in command of the East Command of the British Indian Army .

Life

Officer training and uses in the British Indian Army

Havelock Hudson graduated after school officer training and was after its conclusion on 22 October 1881 as Lieutenant (Lieutenant) in the line infantry regiment Northamptonshire Regiment adopted. A planned change to the line infantry regiment The Royal Irish Regiment on May 10 , 1882 was withdrawn on July 11, 1882. On October 25, 1884, he was transferred to the staff service of the British Indian Army . On 22 October 1892 he was there to Hauptmann (Captain) and on 10 July 1901 for Major transported. Among other things, he was Assistant Quartermaster and a member of the Executive Committee of the Delhi Durbar , a meeting that was held on the occasion of the British monarch's coronation as Emperor of India . As such, he was named Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) on July 26, 1903 .

Hudson was then as a member of the cavalry regiment 19th Lancers (Fane's Horse) in of assistive adjutant general Rawalpindi stationed 2nd Division (2nd (Rawal Pindi) Division) and was as such on May 13, 1907, Lieutenant Colonel (Lieutenant Colonel) transported. On June 11, 1910 his appointment was made for a general staff officer in the First Degree General Staff of the British Indian Army and on February 17, 1911 his promotion to Colonel (Colonel) .

First World War and promotion to general

As commanding general of the 8th Infantry Division, Major General Havelock Hudson took part in the Battle of the Somme (July 1 to November 18, 1916).

After that, Havelock Hudson was appointed commander of the cavalry school in Sangor on August 27, 1912 and was also awarded the temporary rank of brigadier general (Temporary Brigadier) . Already on October 1, 1912 he was transferred back to the General Staff of the Northern Army of the British-Indian Army, where on November 30, 1914 he was promoted to Brigadier General (Brigadier) . On April 15 in 1915, with retroactive effect from February 18, 1915 was promoted to Major General (Major-General) of the British Indian Army. As such, he was on his return in August 1915 succeeded Major General Francis Davies as Commanding General ( General Officer Commanding ) of the 8th Infantry Division (8th Infantry Division) and held this position until December 1916 then Major General William Heneker became his successor. With this he took part in the Battle of the Somme (July 1 to November 18, 1916) during the First World War.

After that came Hudson to British India, where he as a lieutenant general (Lieutenant General) in February 1917 succeeding Major General John Walter as adjutant general of the British Indian Army (Adjutant General of the Indian Army) was. He held this post until November 1920, when he was replaced by Lieutenant General Walter Sinclair Delamain . During this time he was beaten on June 3, 1918 to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB), so that from now on he carried the suffix "Sir". In addition, on June 3, 1919, he was also made Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE).

Most recently, General Havelock Hudson became first supreme commander of the newly created Eastern Command of the British Indian Army (General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command, India) in November 1920 and held this function until February 14, 1924, whereupon General George Barrow him replaced. On June 21, 1922, he also took over the post of aide-de-camp from King George V , succeeding General William Birdwood . On September 29, 1922 he was also a Grand Officer of the Star of Romania . On March 14, 1924, General Barrow also succeeded him as the king's aide-de-camp. With effect from November 22, 1924, he left active military service and retired. On 2 January 1928 he also became the Grand Cross ( Knight Grand Cross ) awarded the Order of the Bath (GCB) and on 29 January 1932 he took over the post of honor as a regimental colonel of the cavalry regiment 19th Lancers (Fane's Horse) .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ London Gazette . No. 25105, HMSO, London, May 9, 1882, p. 2158 ( PDF , accessed January 17, 2019, English).
  2. ↑ London Gazette . No. 25126, HMSO, London, July 11, 1882, p. 3214 ( PDF , accessed January 17, 2019, English).
  3. ↑ London Gazette . No. 25431, HMSO, London, January 9, 1885, p. 122 ( PDF , accessed January 17, 2019, English).
  4. ↑ London Gazette . No. 26354, HMSO, London, December 16, 1892, p. 7398 ( PDF , accessed January 17, 2019, English).
  5. ↑ London Gazette . No. 27362, HMSO, London, October 4, 1901, p. 6486 ( PDF , accessed January 17, 2019, English).
  6. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 27568, HMSO, London, June 23, 1903, p. 4010 ( PDF , accessed January 17, 2019, English).
  7. ↑ London Gazette . No. 28044, HMSO, London, July 26, 1907, p. 5122 ( PDF , accessed January 17, 2019, English).
  8. ↑ London Gazette . No. 28419, HMSO, London, September 27, 1910, p. 6846 ( PDF , accessed January 17, 2019, English).
  9. ↑ London Gazette . No. 28516, HMSO, London, July 25, 1911, p. 5551 ( PDF , accessed January 17, 2019, English).
  10. ↑ London Gazette . No. 28639, HMSO, London, August 27, 1912, p. 6374 ( PDF , accessed January 17, 2019, English).
  11. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 353
  12. ↑ London Gazette . No. 28666, HMSO, London, November 26, 1912, p. 8949 ( PDF , accessed January 17, 2019, English).
  13. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 29002, HMSO, London, December 8, 1914, p. 10569 ( PDF , accessed January 17, 2019, English).
  14. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 29131, HMSO, London, April 13, 1915, p. 3693 ( PDF , accessed January 17, 2019, English).
  15. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 204
  16. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 315
  17. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
  18. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 30723, HMSO, London, May 31, 1918, p. 6527 ( PDF , accessed January 14, 2019, English).
  19. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
  20. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 31547, HMSO, London, September 9, 1919, p. 11459 ( PDF , accessed January 14, 2019, English).
  21. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 355
  22. ↑ London Gazette . No. 32934, HMSO, London, May 9, 1924, p. 3743 ( PDF , accessed January 17, 2019, English).
  23. ↑ London Gazette . No. 32726, HMSO, London, July 4, 1922, p. 5039 ( PDF , accessed January 17, 2019, English).
  24. ↑ London Gazette . No. 32751, HMSO, London, September 29, 1922, p. 6901 ( PDF , accessed January 17, 2019, English).
  25. ↑ London Gazette . No. 32918, HMSO, London, March 14, 1924, p. 2235 ( PDF , accessed January 17, 2019, English).
  26. ↑ London Gazette . No. 33010, HMSO, London, January 9, 1925, p. 222 ( PDF , accessed January 17, 2019, English).
  27. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
  28. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 33343, HMSO, London, January 29, 1932, p. 3 ( PDF , accessed January 17, 2019, English).
  29. ↑ London Gazette . No. 33794, HMSO, London, December 30, 1927, p. 635 ( PDF , accessed January 17, 2019, English).
predecessor Office successor
Office newly created Commander in Chief of the British Indian Army Eastern Command
1920–1924 		George Barrow
personal data
SURNAME Hudson, Havelock
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British general
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1862
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 1944