William Heneker
Sir William Charles Giffard Heneker KCB KCMG DSO (* August 1867 in Sherbrooke , Québec ; † 24 May 1939 in London , England ) was a Canadian officer, most recently major general in British service in World War I, commander of the British garrison in Cologne (1920) , and commander of the British troops in Upper Silesia (1922).
Life
Military career
Heneker attended Bishop's College in Lennoxville, Quebec and began his military career at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston , Ontario on September 1, 1884. Between 1897 and 1906, Heneker served in various British theaters of war in West Africa, and later served in India and the United Kingdom Stationed northwest of Pakistan.
Between March 13 and December 14, 1915, he commanded the 54th Infantry Brigade of the British Expeditionary Force in northern France. On April 10, 1916, he was promoted to colonel and on October 29 , 1916, he took over the leadership of the 190th Infantry Brigade at short notice. On December 9, 1916, he was appointed commander of the British 8th Infantry Division, a command he held until the end of the war. On June 3, 1917, he was promoted to major general. During the German spring offensive in the area east of Amiens , his troops fought haltingly at Villers-Bretonneux at the beginning of April 1918 and were relocated to the Vesle shortly afterwards for refreshment , where they were again captured by a German offensive at the end of May in the Third Aisne Battle .
After the end of the war, his division served from March to October 1919 as part of the bridgehead on the right bank of the Rhine. After Field Marshal Robertson took command , he remained with the occupying forces in Germany. From March 1920, Major General Heneker commanded the Southern Division, which was newly formed from troops from the 29th Division, in the Association of the II Corps of the Rhine Army . At the same time he became the commandant of the British occupation in Cologne . From 1921 to 1922 he was chief of the British armed forces in Upper Silesia and the British representative of the Inter-Allied Voting Commission on Upper Silesia . Between July 1922 and July 1926 he took over the leadership of the 3rd Infantry Division at home. He then went to India and served as Commander-in-Chief in Southern Command . In 1932 he retired.
family
He married Clara Marion in 1901 and had two sons with her: David William (born March 31, 1906) and Patrick Allason Holden (born September 1, 1908).
Awards
- Commander of the Legion of Honor , 1918.
- Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath , 1919.
- Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George , 1919.
- Distinguished Service Order , 1903.
Works
- Bush Warfare , Hugh Rees Press, London, 1907 (English)
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heneker, William |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heneker, William Charles Giffard (real name); Heneker, Sir William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian officer, most recently a general in British service; Commander of the British Army of the Rhine (1920) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sherbrooke , Quebec , Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 24, 1939 |
| Place of death | London , England |