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Index Henry Rodolph Davies

Major General Henry Rodolph Davies, (21 September 1865 – 4 January 1950) was a British Army officer who commanded the 11th (Northern) Division during the First World War.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 43 relations: Alfred Kennedy (British Army officer), Archibald Ritchie (British Army officer), Army Reserve (United Kingdom), Barnsley, Boxer Rebellion, British Army, British Expeditionary Force (World War I), Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France), Elmley Castle, Eton College, Francis Davies (British Army officer), General officer commanding, History of the Great War, Legion of Honour, Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines), Major general (United Kingdom), Mentioned in dispatches, Militia, Murchison Award, Neville Cameron, Officer (armed forces), Order of the Bath, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Pen and Sword Books, Pershore, Royal Geographical Society, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Second Boer War, South Yorkshire, Third Anglo-Burmese War, Thomas Byam Martin, Tirah campaign, Western Front (World War I), Windsor, Berkshire, Worcestershire, Worcestershire Regiment, World War I, 11th (Northern) Division, 2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom), 33rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), 3rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division, 5th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom).

  2. British Army personnel of the Boxer Rebellion
  3. Recipients of the MacGregor Medal

Alfred Kennedy (British Army officer)

Major-General Alfred Alexander Kennedy (1870–1926) was a British Army officer. Henry Rodolph Davies and Alfred Kennedy (British Army officer) are British Army generals of World War I and British Army major generals.

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Archibald Ritchie (British Army officer)

Major-General Sir Archibald Buchanan Ritchie, KBE CB CMG (14 May 1869 – 9 July 1955) was a British Army officer, who commanded the 11th (Northern) Division and 16th (Irish) Division during the First World War. Henry Rodolph Davies and Archibald Ritchie (British Army officer) are British Army generals of World War I, British Army major generals and British Army personnel of the Second Boer War.

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Army Reserve (United Kingdom)

The Army Reserve is the active-duty volunteer reserve force of the British Army.

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Barnsley

Barnsley is a market town in South Yorkshire, England.

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Boxer Rebellion

The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising or the Boxer Insurrection, was an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, and anti-Christian uprising in North China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, known as the "Boxers" in English due to many of its members having practised Chinese martial arts, which at the time were referred to as "Chinese boxing".

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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British Expeditionary Force (World War I)

The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the six divisions the British Army sent to the Western Front during the First World War.

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Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)

The 1914–1918 (War Cross) was a French military decoration, the first version of the.

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Elmley Castle

Elmley Castle is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire, in England, United Kingdom.

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Eton College

Eton College is a 13–18 public fee-charging and boarding secondary school for boys in Eton, Berkshire, England.

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Francis Davies (British Army officer)

General Sir Francis John Davies, (3 July 1864 – 18 March 1948) was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 8th Division during the First World War. Henry Rodolph Davies and Francis Davies (British Army officer) are British Army generals of World War I, British Army personnel of the Second Boer War and Worcestershire Regiment officers.

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General officer commanding

General officer commanding (GOC) is the usual title given in the armies of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth (and some other nations, such as Ireland) to a general officer who holds a command appointment.

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History of the Great War

The History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Committee of Imperial Defence (abbreviated to History of the Great War or British Official History) is a series of concerning the war effort of the British state during the First World War.

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Legion of Honour

The National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil, and currently comprises five classes.

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Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)

Lieutenant (Lt) is a junior officer rank in the British Army and Royal Marines.

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Major general (United Kingdom)

Major general (Maj Gen) is a "two-star" rank in the British Army and Royal Marines. Henry Rodolph Davies and Major general (United Kingdom) are British Army major generals.

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Mentioned in dispatches

To be mentioned in dispatches (or despatches, MiD) describes a member of the armed forces whose name appears in an official report written by a superior officer and sent to the high command, in which their gallant or meritorious action in the face of the enemy is described.

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Militia

A militia is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional or part-time soldiers; citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full-time military personnel; or, historically, to members of a warrior-nobility class (e.g.

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Murchison Award

The Murchison Award, also referred to as the Murchison Grant, was first given by the Royal Geographical Society in 1882 for publications judged to have contributed most to geographical science in preceding recent years.

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Neville Cameron

Major-General Neville John Gordon Cameron (9 October 1873 – 5 December 1955) was a British Army officer who served with distinction in many conflicts throughout his almost forty years of military service, most notably during the First World War, serving successively as a staff officer and a brigade and division commander. Henry Rodolph Davies and Neville Cameron are British Army generals of World War I, British Army major generals and British Army personnel of the Second Boer War.

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Officer (armed forces)

An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an armed force or uniformed service.

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Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by King George I on 18 May 1725.

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Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry was a light infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1881 until 1958, serving in the Second Boer War, World War I and World War II.

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Pen and Sword Books

Pen and Sword Books, also stylised as Pen & Sword, is a British publisher which specialises in printing and distributing books in both hardback and softback on military history, militaria and other niche subjects, primarily focused on the United Kingdom.

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Pershore

Pershore is a market town and civil parish in the Wychavon district in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon.

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Royal Geographical Society

The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), often shortened to RGS, is a learned society and professional body for geography based in the United Kingdom.

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Royal Military College, Sandhurst

The Royal Military College (RMC), founded in 1801 and established in 1802 at Great Marlow and High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England, but moved in October 1812 to Sandhurst, Berkshire, was a British Army military academy for training infantry and cavalry officers of the British and Indian Armies.

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Second Boer War

The Second Boer War (Tweede Vryheidsoorlog,, 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and Orange Free State) over the Empire's influence in Southern Africa.

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South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire is a ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England.

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Third Anglo-Burmese War

The Third Anglo-Burmese War (Tatiya Anggalip–Mran cac), also known as the Third Burma War, took place during 7–29 November 1885, with sporadic resistance continuing into 1887.

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Thomas Byam Martin

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Byam Martin, (25 July 1773 – 25 October 1854) was a Royal Navy officer.

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Tirah campaign

The Tirah campaign, often referred to in contemporary British accounts as the Tirah expedition, was an Indian frontier campaign from September 1897 to April 1898.

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Western Front (World War I)

The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during the First World War.

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Windsor, Berkshire

Windsor is a historic town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England.

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Worcestershire

Worcestershire (written abbreviation: Worcs) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England.

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Worcestershire Regiment

The Worcestershire Regiment was a line infantry regiment in the British Army, formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot and the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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11th (Northern) Division

The 11th (Northern) Division, was an infantry division of the British Army during the First World War, raised from men who had volunteered for Lord Kitchener's New Armies.

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2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)

The 2nd Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was formed and disestablished numerous times between 1809 and 2012.

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33rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 33rd Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service in the First World War and home service during the Second World War.

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3rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 3rd Infantry Brigade was a Regular Army infantry brigade of the British Army, part of the 1st Infantry Division.

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49th (West Riding) Infantry Division

The 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army.

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5th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 5th Infantry Brigade was a regular infantry brigade of the British Army that was in existence since before the First World War, except for a short break in the late 1970s.

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See also

British Army personnel of the Boxer Rebellion

Recipients of the MacGregor Medal

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Rodolph_Davies