Major General Sir Arthur Lynden Lynden-Bell, KCB KCMG DL JP (2 January 1867 – 14 February 1943) was a British Army officer.
Sir Arthur Lynden-Bell | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 January 1867[1] Carlisle, Cumberland, England |
| Died | 14 February 1943 (aged 76) Platt, Kent, England |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1885-1924 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Unit | Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) |
| Battles/wars | Second Boer War First World War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Mentioned in Dispatches Army Distinguished Service Medal (United States)[2] |
Early life edit
Lynden-Bell was the son of Major-General Thomas Lynden Lynden-Bell and younger brother of Colonel Charles Perceval Lynden-Bell.[3] He was educated at Clifton College."Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p88: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
Military career edit
He attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and commissioned as a Lieutenant into the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) in May 1885.[4] 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.[4] A year later, he saw active service in the Second Boer War, commanding a mounted infantry contingent of the Buffs.[4] He was wounded, and returned home on the SS Greek in March 1900.[5]
In May 1900, he became a Staff Captain for intelligence in the War Office, and the following year he was made Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster-General for intelligence at the War Office on 20 July 1901.[6][4] He was promoted to major on 3 May 1902,[7] 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.[4]
At the start of the World War I Lynden-Bell was Assistant Quartermaster-General of the British Expeditionary Force.[8][9] In 1915 he served as Chief of General Staff of the Mediterranean and Egypt Expeditionary Force, and saw service in the Gallipoli Campaign, being Mentioned in Dispatches.[10][11] In 1916-1917 he was the Chief-of-Staff of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force under General Sir Archibald Murray, but was removed from the post and returned home in mid-1917 soon after the arrival of Edmund Allenby in Cairo to replace Murray.[12]
Lynden-Bell was appointed a Commander of the Legion of Honour in 1917.[13] In 1918 he was Director of Staff Duties at the War Office.[4]
He retired from the regular army in 1924, and in 1928 became Colonel of the Buffs, serving in the position until 1 January 1937.[4]
Later years edit
In retirement, he served as a Deputy Lieutenant and as a Justice of the Peace[1] 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.[14]
Death edit
Lynden-Bell died at Platt near Sevenoaks in Kent in 1943, aged 76.[14]
Personal life edit
He married the Hon. Bertha Marion Akers-Douglas, daughter of Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston and Adeline Mary Austen-Smith, on 2 June 1905.
Cultural references edit
He appears in the war memoir Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence.[citation needed]
References edit
- ^ a b Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1939). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (97th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2714.
- ^ "Valor awards for Arthur L. Lynden-Bell". Military Times.
- ^ "Obituary: Colonel Lynden-Bell". The Times. 7 May 1934. p. 16.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Arthur Lynden-Bell". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ "The War - Casualties". The Times. No. 36096. London. 22 March 1900. p. 10.
- ^ "No. 27456". The London Gazette. 22 July 1902. p. 4673.
- ^ "No. 27436". The London Gazette. 23 May 1902. p. 3382.
- ^ "No. 29467". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 February 1916. p. 1488.
- ^ "No. 29202". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 June 1915. p. 6112.
- ^ "Sir Charles Monro's First Despatch". 6 March 1916. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ "No. 29541". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 April 1916. p. 3784.
- ^ 'Imperial Warrior: The Life & Times of Field Marshal Viscount Allenby, 1861-1936', by Lawrence James (Pub. Wiedendeld & Nicholson, 1993), P.120.
- ^ "No. 30081". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 May 1917. p. 4919.
- ^ a b Lynden-Bell, Major-General Sir Arthur, KCB, KCMG, Obituaries in 1943, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1944. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
External links edit
- . . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. – via Wikisource.