Henry Karslake

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Henry Karslake , KCB , KCSI , CMG , DSO ( February 10, 1879 - October 19, 1942 ) was a British Lieutenant General in the British Army .

Life

Henry Karslake, son of Lewis Karslake, completed an officer training course and after completing it found numerous jobs as an officer and staff officer. In 1902 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his services . During his participation in the First World War , he became Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1916 . He was between April 1925 and October 1928 as Brigadier (Brigadier) General Staff officer in the Army Southern Command (Brigadier General Staff, Southern Command) and after November 1928 to May 1931 the commander of the artillery units in the Army Command West in British India deployed troops of the Anglo Indian Army (Brigadier Royal Artillery Western Command, India) . During this time he also became Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1929 and was also the aide-de-camp of King George V , who was also Emperor of India , between 1930 and 1931 . He then served in British India from September 1931 to February 1933 as a Major General (Major-General) as commander of the artillery units of the British Indian Army (Major General Royal Artillery, India) as well as Lieutenant General (Lieutenant General) between February 1933 and September 1935 as commander of the Military District of Balochistan (District Officer commanding, Baluchistan District) .

Subsequently, Karslake was beaten on November 19, 1935 to Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI) and has since had the suffix "Sir". He retired in 1936 and was also beaten on May 11, 1937 as Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB). In 1937 he took over the honorary post of Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery . After the beginning of the Second World War he was recalled to active military service and in 1940 he became the commanding general ( General Officer Commanding ) of the telecommunications associations of the BEF ( British Expeditionary Force ) deployed in France and took part in the Battle of Dunkirk (May 26 to May 5) June 1940), which ended with a victory for the German armed forces and the evacuation of the Allied troops.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 102
  2. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 359
  3. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 324
  4. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 371
  5. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES in Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
personal data
SURNAME Karslake, Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Lieutenant General in the British Army
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1879
DATE OF DEATH October 19, 1942