Charles Edensor Heathcote
Charles Edensor Heathcote | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 April 1875 Cowes, Isle of Wight[1] |
| Died | 6 September 1947 (aged 72) Sussex, England |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1894–1932 |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Unit | King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Royal West African Frontier Force, Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, Royal Leicestershire Regiment |
| Battles/wars | First World War |
| Awards | CB, CMG, DSO |
Brigadier General Charles Edensor Heathcote, CB, CMG, DSO (8 April 1875 – 6 September 1947) was a senior British Army officer during the First World War.
Biography
Born on 8 April 1875, Charles Edensor Heathcote was educated at Bedford School. He received his first commission as a Second Lieutenant in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in March 1894. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on 30 January 1898. Two years later, he was in January 1900 appointed to a staff position as Superintendent of Gymnasia at Malta,[2] and promoted the rank of captain on 23 April 1900. He served with the Royal West African Frontier Force, between 1904 and 1909, took part in the Onitsha Hinterland Expedition, between 1904 and 1905, and further operations in the Southern Nigeria Protectorate.
He was promoted to the rank of major in November 1913, and served during the First World War, between 1914 and 1918. He departed for France with the 2nd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, on 31 October 1914, serving as a Company Commander and rising to be Commanding Officer. He served at the Battle of Mons, the Battle of Le Cateau, the First Battle of the Marne, the First Battle of the Aisne, at the First Battle of Ypres, and was wounded at Battle of Messines. He rejoined the 2nd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at the Front in April 1915, fought in the Second Battle of Ypres, and was Commanding Officer of the Battalion again between May and September 1915.[3]
In September 1915, Heathcote became Commanding Officer of the 4th Battalion,
Returning to normal regimental duties in the early 1920s, he again commanded the 2nd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in India, between 1922 and 1924, was Brigadier of the 1st Rhine Brigade, with the British Army of the Rhine, between 1928 and 1929, ending his career as Brigadier in command of the 15th Brigade at York, between 1929 and 1932.[4]
Brigadier General Charles Edensor Heathcote was invested as a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in 1915, as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1918, and as a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1919.[5][6][7] He retired from the British Army in 1932 and died in Sussex on 6 September 1947, aged 72.[8]
References
- ^ 1891 England Census
- ^ "No. 27160". The London Gazette. 2 February 1900. p. 694.
- ^ "HEATHCOTE, Brig.-Gen. Charles Edensor".
- ^ "Royal Leicestershire Regiment Online Archive - RLR". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ^ THE EDINBURGH GAZETTE, MARCH 26. 1915
- ^ SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 11 APRIL, 1918
- ^ [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31370/page/6790/data.pdf SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 3 JTOfE,; 1919*]
- ^ Obituary, The Times, 9 September 1947, p. 6