James Yule
James Herbert Yule | |
|---|---|
 James Herbert Yule | |
| Born | 26 April 1847 Mansfield |
| Died | 7 May 1920 |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1865–1901 |
| Rank | Brigadier-General |
| Commands | 4th Division |
| Battles / wars | Second Boer War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Brigadier-General James Herbert Yule CB (26 April 1847 – 7 May 1920) was a senior British Army officer who briefly acted as General Officer Commanding the 4th Division during the Second Boer War.
Early life
[edit]Yule was briefly educated at Rugby School for a single term. He was the son of Robert Abercromby Yule, a colonel who served in the 16th The Queen's Lancers and fought in the First Anglo-Sikh War.[1][2]
Military career
[edit]Yule was commissioned as an ensign in the 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment on 1 December 1865.[3] He was deployed to Afghanistan for service the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1879, to Burma to help with suppressing the Burmese resistance movement in 1891 and to India for service in the Tirah campaign in 1897.[4]
Yule was then sent to South Africa for service in Second Boer War: he was given command of a brigade in the newly formed 4th Division in Northern Natal in September 1899 and was then given a new command with orders to defend Glencoe in October 1899.[4] The division, which was under the command of Major-General Sir William Penn Symons, launched a frontal attack on the enemy during the Battle of Glencoe on 20 October 1899. However, Symons was seriously wounded, and Yule took over command of the division. Yule managed to secure the target of the attack, Talana Hill, but after finding it impossible to retain possession of the hill, withdrew the division to Ladysmith where it became part of the besieged garrison on 26 October 1899.[5] He sailed for home in January 1900 and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath for his service in South Africa on 27 September 1901.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Michell, Arthur Tompson (1902). Rugby School Register, Volume II. from August, 1842, to January, 1874. A. J. Lawrence. p. 209.
- ^ Fraser, John (1983). "The Letters of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Abercromby Yule: Part One". Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. 61: 129–141. JSTOR 44227086.
- ^ "No. 23045". The London Gazette. 1 December 1865. p. 6398.
- ^ a b Pryor, Estella Yule (2010). Yule-Yuill Families of Ayrshire, Scotland. Estella Yule Pryor.
- ^ Creswicke, Louis (1900). South Africa and the Transvaal War. Vol. II. Edinburgh: T. C. & E. C. Jack. pp. 17, 33. OCLC 154231374.
- ^ "No. 27359". The London Gazette. 27 September 1901. p. 6303.
- 1847 births
- 1920 deaths
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Devonshire Regiment officers
- British Army brigadiers
- Military personnel from Nottinghamshire
- British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Afghan War
- British military personnel of the Tirah campaign
- Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- 20th-century British Army personnel
- People educated at Rugby School