Webb Gillman
Sir Webb Gillman | |
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Born | Coachford, Ireland | 26 October 1870
Died | 20 April 1933 London, England | (aged 62)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1889–1933 |
Rank | General |
Commands | Eastern Command Royal Military Academy, Woolwich 17th Indian Division |
Battles/wars | Second Boer War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches (11) |
General Sir Webb Gillman, KCB, KCMG, DSO (26 October 1870 – 20 April 1933) was a British Army general during the First World War.
Military career
Educated at Dulwich College, Gillman was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery in July 1889.[1] He was promoted to lieutenant on 27 July 1892, and to captain (supernumerary to the establishment) on 9 October 1899. He served in the Second Boer War 1899-1900, where he took part in the Relief of Kimberley, and the following battles of Paardeberg (late February 1900), Poplar Grove, and Driefontein (March 1900).[2] In late 1901 he was in Southern Nigeria, where he was attached as a staff officer to the columns taking part in the Aro-Anglo war (November 1901 to March 1902), for which he was mentioned in despatches by the offer in command as an "invaluable officer, cool and full of energy".[3] He was also appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for services during the war.[4] In May 1902 he received a regular appointment as captain of the 119 Battery of the Field Artillery.[5] He later spent time in Southern Nigeria in 1902.[1]
He served in the First World War as a General Staff Officer in 13th Division and then as a brigadier with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force sent to Gallipoli in 1915.[1] He was then a major general with the British Salonika Force from 1916 to 1917 before becoming commander of 17th Indian Division in August 1917.[1] He became Chief of General Staff for the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force later on in 1917.[1]
After the war he became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich in 1920, Inspector of Artillery at the War Office in 1924 and Master-General of the Ordnance in 1927.[1] In 1927 he spent three months in Singapore assessing the defence capability of the Naval Base there.[6] Finally he was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Eastern Command in 1931; he died in office in 1933.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ Hart´s Army list, 1903
- ^ "No. 27473". The London Gazette. 12 September 1902. pp. 5879–5886.
- ^ "No. 27473". The London Gazette. 12 September 1902. p. 5887.
- ^ "No. 27444". The London Gazette. 20 June 1902. p. 4051.
- ^ Gillman Village
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- 1870 births
- 1933 deaths
- British Army generals of World War I
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- Commandants of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
- Commanders of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
- Commanders of the Order of the White Eagle (Serbia)
- Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- People educated at Dulwich College
- People from County Cork
- Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 2nd class
- Royal Artillery officers