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Henry Rodolph Davies

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

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Military career

Davies was born on 21 September 1865, the younger son of Henry Fanshawe Davies, an army officer who would rise to the rank of lieutenant general. His grandfather was General Francis John Davies and his great-grandfather was Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Byam Martin.[2] The family seat was Elmley Castle, Pershore, Worcestershire. His elder brother was Francis Davies), who later became a major general in the British Army. Henry junior was educated at Eton College, [3] where he was proficient in Oriental languages.[4]

Davies joined the British Army, and was sent to British-controlled Burma in 1887 and to Siam in 1892. In 1893 he was attached to a survey unit which surveyed the passes between Burma and China and located the Crouching Tiger Pass, the Heavenly Horse Pass and the Han Dragon Pass. On completion of the team's objectives Davies remained in China to explore the Yunnan area. On his return to England he was asked to survey a potential railway route from India to the Yangtze river via Yunnan and in 1898 returned to Burma. By mid-1899 his team had travelled nearly 2,500 miles of the proposed route, mapping the terrain in detail. He wrote a book about his experiences and in 1906 was awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Murchison Award.[4]

Davies was involved in the Tirah Campaign (1897–98),[3] where he was mentioned in despatches, the Boxer Rebellion (1900), and the Second Boer War (1901–1902). In 1911 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and ordered back to Britain to take command of the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.[5][3]

On the outbreak of the First World War, the 2nd Battalion was at Aldershot and was mobilised as part of the 5th Brigade, 2nd Division, in the Expeditionary Force.[6] Davies remained in command of the battalion through the first campaigns on the Western Front, until promoted to take command of the 3rd Brigade in 1915.[3] He remained with the brigade throughout 1915 and 1916 until he was transferred to the 33rd Brigade in the 11th (Northern) Division in 1917. In May of that year, after Major General Archibald Ritchie was wounded, Davies took command of the division; he commanded it until the Armistice and relinquished command when it was demobilised in 1919. During the war, he was mentioned in despatches eight times and rose from a lieutenant colonel to major general.[5]

After the end of the war, Davies commanded the reformed 49th (West Riding) Division in the Territorial Army before he retired from the army in 1923. He was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Bath. He died on 4 January 1950, at the age of 84 years.[5] [3]

Notes

  1. ^ "Henry Rodolph Davies". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  2. ^ Walford, Edward (1876). The County Families of the United Kingdom Or Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland. p. 265. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e Davies & Maddocks 2014, p. 131.
  4. ^ a b Mullaney, p. 45
  5. ^ a b c "DAVIES, Maj.-Gen. Henry Rodolph", in Who Was Who (2007). Online edition
  6. ^ Edmonds, p. 417

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Military offices
Preceded by General Officer Commanding the 11th (Northern) Division
1917–1919
Unit disbanded
Preceded by General Officer Commanding the 49th (West Riding) Division
1919–1923
Succeeded by
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