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Sir Arthur Lynden-Bell
Born1867
Died14 February 1943
Platt, Kent
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1885-1924
RankMajor-General
Battles/warsSecond Boer War
First World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Mentioned in Dispatches

Major-General Sir Arthur Lynden Lynden-Bell, KCB, KCMG, DL, JP (1867 - 14 February 1943) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Lynden-Bell was the son of Major-General T. L. Lynden-Bell. He attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and commissioned as a Lieutenant into the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) in May 1885.[1] After promotion to Captain on 31 January 1894, he served the following year on the North West Frontier of British India and attended the Staff College, Camberley in 1898.[1] A year later, he saw active service in the Second Boer War, commanding a mounted infantry contingent of the Buffs.[1]

In 1900 he became a Staff Captain for intelligence in the War Office and a year later was made Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster-General for intelligence at the War Office on 20 July 1901.[2][1] He was promoted to Major on 3 May 1902,[3] and appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1905. In 1907, Lynden-Bell became General Staff Officer Southern Command and in 1911, he became General Staff Officer Lowland Division.[1]

At the start of the First World War, Lynden-Bell was Assistant Quartermaster-General of the British Expeditionary Force.[4][5] In 1915, he was Chief of General Staff of the Mediterranean and Egypt Expeditionary Force, and saw service in the Gallipoli Campaign, being Mentioned in Dispatches.[6][7] He was appointed a Commander of the Legion of Honour in 1917.[8] In 1918 he was Director of Staff Duties at the War Office.[1] He retired from the regular army in 1924 and in 1928 became Colonel of the Buffs, serving in the position until 1 January 1937.[1]

He married Bertha Marion Akers-Douglas, daughter of Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston and Adeline Mary Austen-Smith, on 2 June 1905.[9] In retirement he served as a Deputy Lieutenant and as a Justice of the Peace[citation needed] and was a "very keen supporter" of Kent County Cricket Club, always attending Canterbury Cricket Week in the Buff's tent at the St Lawrence Ground.[10]

Lynden-Bell died at Platt near Sevenoaks in Kent in 1943, aged 76.[10]

He appears in "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" from T. E. Lawrence.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Arthur Lynden-Bell". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  2. ^ "No. 27456". The London Gazette. 22 July 1902. p. 4673.
  3. ^ "No. 27436". The London Gazette. 23 May 1902. p. 3382.
  4. ^ "No. 29467". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 February 1916. p. 1488.
  5. ^ "No. 29202". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 June 1915. p. 6112.
  6. ^ "Sir Charles Monro's First Despatch". 6 March 1916. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  7. ^ "No. 29541". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 April 1916. p. 3784.
  8. ^ "No. 30081". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 May 1917. p. 4919.
  9. ^ "Major-General T. L. Lynden-Bell". The Peerage.com (entry #219782). Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  10. ^ a b Lynden-Bell, Major-General Sir Arthur, KCB, KCMG, Obituaries in 1943, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1944. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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