Hugh Jeudwine

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Sir Hugh Jeudwine
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Lt. Gen. Sir Hugh Jeudwine
Born9 June 1862
Chicheley, Buckinghamshire
Died2 December 1942(1942-12-02) (aged 80)
Camberley, Surrey
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branchFlag of the British Army.svg British Army
Years of service1882 - 1927
RankLieutenant-General
Commands held
Battles/wars
Awards
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Sandham Jeudwine, KCB, KBE (9 June 1862 – 2 December 1942) was a British Army officer who became Director General of the Territorial Army.[1]

Early life and education[]

Jeudwine was born at Chicheley, Buckinghamshire on 9 June 1862. He was the son of Reverend William Jeudwine, vicar of Chicheley, Newport Pagnell. He was educated at Eton College between 1876 and 1880 before attending the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich from 1880 to 1882.[1][2]

Military career[]

Jeudwine was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a lieutenant on 22 February 1882, and was promoted to captain on 31 December 1890.[3] He served in the Second Boer War 1899–1900, and was promoted to major on 4 January 1900.[4] He again served in South Africa as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General for Cape Colony in 1902.[5] Following the end of the war in June 1902, he left Cape Town on the SS Canada and returned to Southampton in late July.[6] After the war, he was appointed Assistant Superintendent of Experiments at the School of Gunnery in 1904 and Deputy Adjutant General at Aldershot Command in 1909 before taking a post on the staff at the Staff College, Camberley.[5] He served in the First World War as Commander of 41st Infantry Brigade from 1915 and then as General Officer Commanding 55th (West Lancashire) Division from 1916.[5] As Divisional Commander he sought feedback from his officers (an unusual practice at the time) at the Battle of Passchendaele in Autumn 1917 and then played a crucial role in holding the German Sixth Army at Givenchy in April 1918.[7]

After the War he became Chief of General Staff at Headquarters British Army on the Rhine and then, from 1919, General Officer Commanding 5th Division in Ireland.[5] His last appointment was as Director General of the Territorial Army in 1923 before he retired in 1927.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Obituary: Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hugh Jeudwine". The Times. 3 December 1942. p. 7.
  2. ^ "Jeudwine, Sir Hugh Sandham (1862–1942), army officer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/98114. Retrieved 16 May 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ Hart´s Army list, 1903
  4. ^ "No. 27154". The London Gazette. 16 January 1900. p. 287.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  6. ^ "The Army in South Africa - Troops returning home". The Times (36821). London. 16 July 1902. p. 11.
  7. ^ Notable individuals Western Front Association
Military offices
Preceded by
John Forster 		GOC 55th (West Lancashire) Division
1916–1919 		Succeeded by
Sir Reginald Barnes
Preceded by
John Ponsonby 		General Officer Commanding the 5th Division
1919–1922 		Succeeded by
Division Disbanded
(Post next held by Walter Kirke)
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