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General Sir Henry de Beauvoir De Lisle, (27 July 1864 – 16 July 1955) was a British Army General who served in the Second Boer War and World War I. ==Military career== Born in Guernsey and educated in Jersey,〔(Oxford Dictionary of National Biography )〕 De Lisle was commissioned into the 2nd Bn Durham Light Infantry in 1883.〔(Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives )〕 He saw service with the Mounted Infantry in Egypt between 1885 and 1886,〔 being awarded his DSO there, and was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 October 1891.〔 He studied at the Staff College in 1899 before returning to the Mounted Infantry when he was commissioned in the 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards. Serving on the Staff during the Second Boer War between 1899 and 1902,〔 he was severely wounded and three times mentioned in despatches. Promotion to Major followed on 1 January 1902, and to the brevet rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on the following day. He left Cape Town in late May 1902. He was appointed Second in Command of the 1st (Royal) Dragoons in 1903 and then became Commanding Officer of the regiment in 1906.〔 He became a General Staff Officer at Aldershot in 1910 and in 1911 was appointed Commander of 2nd Cavalry Brigade.〔 He served in World War I initially as commander of 2nd Cavalry Brigade on the Western Front and then as GOC 1st Cavalry Division also on the Western Front in 1914.〔 He then became GOC 29th Division leading the Division at the Third Battle of Krithia during the Gallipoli Campaign of April 1915 to January 1916.〔 He returned to the Western Front in 1916 and fought at the Battle of the Somme before moving on to become GOC XIII Corps in March 1918 and GOC XV Corps in April 1918.〔 After the War he was appointed GOC-in-Chief of Western Command: he held this post until 1923 and then retired in 1926.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beauvoir De Lisle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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