Thomas Baldock
Thomas Baldock | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 1854 |
| Died | August 1937 (aged 83) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | British Army |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Unit | Royal Artillery |
| Commands held | West Riding Division |
| Battles/wars | Second Boer War First World War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Major-General Thomas Stanford Baldock CB (January 1854 – August 1937) was a British Army officer.
Military career[]
Educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Baldock was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in April 1873.[1] He saw action in the Second Boer War and subsequently commanded a column of Royal Artillery Mounted Rifles in South Africa for which he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath.[2] He became Commander, Royal Artillery for Aldershot Command in August 1907 and then General Officer Commanding the West Riding Division in September 1911.[3] After taking his division to France in April 1915, he commanded it on the Western Front during the First World War but was seriously wounded by shell fire north west of Ypres in July 1915 and retired the following year.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Davies, Frank; Maddocks, Graham (1995). Bloody Red Tabs: General Officer Casualties of the Great War 1914–1918. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-0850524635.
- ^ "No. 27448". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 June 1902. p. 4192.
- ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- 1854 births
- 1937 deaths
- British Army generals of World War I
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- British Army generals
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
- People educated at Cheltenham College
- Royal Artillery officers