Richard Haking

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Sir Richard Haking (1920)

Sir Richard Cyril Byrne Haking , GBE , KCB , KCMG (born January 24, 1862 , † June 9, 1945 ) was a British general and most recently served as General Officer Commanding (GOC) in Egypt (1923-1927). He was High Commissioner in the Free City of Gdansk (1921–1923).

Life

Haking joined the Hampshire Regiment in 1881 and became adjutant of its 2nd Battalion in 1885 . He took part in the campaign in Burma from 1885 to 1887 and was Mentioned in Despatches . In 1889 he was promoted to captain and in 1899 to major . He was Deputy Assistant Adjutant General on the Commander in Chief's staff during the Second Boer War and was again Mentioned in Despatches. In 1901 he became a professor at Staff College and was promoted to colonel in 1905 . He then served on the staff of the Southern Command and in 1911 received command of the 5th Infantry Brigade.

At the beginning of the First World War , Haking fought on the Western Front . In September 1914 he led the 5th Brigade on the Marne and Aisne and on December 21, 1914 took over the leadership of the 1st Division at Gheluvelt in Flanders . At the end of 1914 his division moved to the front at La Bassée and was involved in the Battle of Aubers from May 9, 1915 .

In August 1915 he took over the leadership of the newly formed British XI. Corps, which was deployed during the Battle of Loos the following month . On January 1, 1916, he was raised to the nobility as Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) . In support of the attack on the Somme , Haking had the German positions near Fromelles attacked on July 19, 1916 , the running up brought heavy losses to the subordinate troops and the title of butcher . Between November 1917 and March 1918, Hakings Corps was also deployed against the Austrians on the Italian front . On January 1, 1918, he was inducted into the Order of St Michael and St George as Knight Commander . In the spring of 1918 his troops were again in the north of Artois, part of the 1st Army under General Horne . His corps collapsed on April 9 during the German attack in the Fourth Battle of Flanders and was thrown back over the Lys to the Nieppe Forest. During the Hundred Days Offensive , the XI. Corps part of the newly formed 5th Army under General Birdwood and participated in the liberation of Lille .

In 1919, Haking served as the commander of the British military mission in Russia and the Baltic States. But already in 1920 he became British commander of the allied troops in Danzig for the referendums in the wake of the Versailles Treaty in the province of East Prussia and parts of the province of West Prussia .

On January 1, 1921, he was raised to the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire and was from 1921 to 1923 as High Commissioner of the League of Nations responsible for the Free City of Danzig .

As GOC, Haking commanded British forces in the Kingdom of Egypt (1923-1927) and then retired.

literature

  • Francis Dodd: Generals of the British Army. Portraits in color. With Introduction and Biographical Notes. "Country Live", London 1918, No. III .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Viktor Böttcher: The Free City of Danzig , Cultural Foundation of the German Expellees , 1995
  2. ↑ a b c Knights and Dames: HA-HOR at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
personal data
SURNAME Haking, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haking, Richard Cyril Byrne (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British general and most recently GOC in Egypt (1923–1927); High Commissioner in the Free City of Danzig (1921–1923)
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1862
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1945