Herbert Shoubridge
Herbert Shoubridge | |
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 Major-General Herbert Shoubridge (right), GOC of the 7th Division, pictured here in Italy in 1918. | |
| Born | 15 June 1871[1] Hythe, Kent, England[1] |
| Died | 27 October 1923 (aged 52) Camberley, Surrey, England |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1893–1923 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Unit | Suffolk Regiment Dorset Regiment Northumberland Fusiliers |
| Commands | 54th Brigade 7th Division 42nd (East Lancashire) Division Royal Military College, Sandhurst |
| Battles / wars | Tirah expedition Second Boer War World War I |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order |
Major General (Thomas) Herbert Shoubridge CB, CMG, DSO (15 June 1871 – 27 October 1923) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Military career
[edit]Shoubridge was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the 4th (Militia) Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment on 4 February 1891.[2] Two years later, however, he transferred to the Dorset Regiment as a second lieutenant on 5 March 1893.[3][4] He was promoted to lieutenant on 18 June 1896,[5] and took part in the Tirah expedition to the North West Frontier of India in 1897. Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in late 1899, he became deputy assistant adjutant general for the Natal Army.[4] He transferred to the Northumberland Fusiliers and was promoted captain on 9 May 1900, and received a brevet promotion as major dated 29 November 1900 in the South African Honours list of 1901.[6]
After the war ended in June 1902, he became Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General at Headquarters, South Africa Command.[7] Promoted in June 1905 to captain,[8] he was appointed brigade major of the 13th Brigade in 1906 and then served as a general staff officer with Western Command and then Southern Command.[4]
He fought in World War I, receiving promotion to major in September 1914,[9] as assistant adjutant and quartermaster general for 2nd Army Corps on the Western Front from 1914 and as assistant quartermaster general for 4th Army Corps from 1915.[4] In December 1915 he was promoted to temporary brigadier general and succeeded William Heneker in command of the 54th Infantry Brigade, part of the 18th (Eastern) Division, in France later that year.[10][4] After receiving a promotion to brevet colonel in January 1917[11] he then went on to be general officer commanding (GOC) of the 7th Division in April 1917.[12] Towards the end of the year he and his division were sent to the Italian Front, where it remained for the rest of the war.[13]
With the war now over and his division disbanded, Shoubridge, who in January 1919 was promoted to substantive major general,[14] received a new appointment as GOC of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division from 1919 and was then briefly commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst in July 1923[15] before his resignation due to ill health.[4] He lived at Lawrenny Castle near Kilgetty in Pembrokeshire.[16]
Family
[edit]In 1910 he married Constance Gladys Dugdale; they had a daughter and a son.[16][1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Thomas Herbert Shoubridge 1871-1923 - Ancestry®". www.ancestry.co.uk.
- ^ "No. 26131". The London Gazette. 3 February 1891. p. 619.
- ^ "No. 26382". The London Gazette. 14 March 1893. p. 1617.
- ^ a b c d e f "Shoubridge, Herbert". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ "No. 26793". The London Gazette. 10 November 1896. p. 6126.
- ^ Hart′s Army list, 1902
- ^ "No. 27496". The London Gazette. 18 November 1902. p. 7340.
- ^ "No. 27809". The London Gazette. 23 June 1905. p. 4392.
- ^ "No. 28916". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 September 1914. p. 7660.
- ^ "No. 29495". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 February 1916. p. 2332.
- ^ "No. 29886". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1916. p. 16.
- ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2015.
- ^ "The 7th Division". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ "No. 13380". The Edinburgh Gazette. 6 January 1919. p. 99.
- ^ "No. 32847". The London Gazette. 24 July 1923. p. 5071.
- ^ a b "Person Page". thepeerage.com.
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