Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson

The Lord Rawlinson
Rawlinson in 1916
Born(1864-02-20)20 February 1864
Trent Manor, Dorset, England
Died28 March 1925(1925-03-28) (aged 61)
Delhi, British India
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1884–1925
RankGeneral
UnitKing's Royal Rifle Corps
Coldstream Guards
CommandsCommander-in-Chief, India
Aldershot Command
Second Army
Fourth Army
First Army
IV Corps
4th Division
3rd Division
2nd Infantry Brigade
Staff College, Camberley
Battles / warsMahdist War
Second Boer War
First World War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Mentioned in Despatches

General Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson, GCB, GCSI, GCVO, KCMG (20 February 1864 – 28 March 1925), known as Sir Henry Rawlinson, 2nd Baronet between 1895 and 1919, was a senior British Army officer in the First World War who commanded the Fourth Army of the British Expeditionary Force at the battles of the Somme (1916) and Amiens (1918) as well as the breaking of the Hindenburg Line (1918). He commanded the Indian Army from 1920 to 1925.


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