Gerald Boyd (British Army officer)
Major-General Sir Gerald Boyd | |
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Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Distinguished Conduct Medal |
CMG DSO DCM (19 November 1877 – 12 April 1930) was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary
.
Military career
Educated at
11th Infantry Brigade in 1912.[2]
He served in
General Officer Commanding 46th (North Midland) Division in September 1918.[2] He led the 46th Division when it successfully stormed the Hindenburg Line at Bellenglise during the Battle of St Quentin Canal.[1]
After the War he was made a Brigadier General on the General Staff at General Headquarters of
General Officer Commanding Dublin District in Ireland in 1920.[2] He was appointed Commandant of the Staff College, Quetta, in 1923 and Military Secretary in 1927.[2] He died of cerebral spinal fever in 1930.[1]
Family
In 1913 he married Grace Sophia Burdett and they went on to have two sons.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Boyd, Sir Gerald Farrell". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Boyd, Sir Gerald Farrell". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ "No. 27474". The London Gazette. 16 September 1902. p. 5962.
- ^ "No. 27428". The London Gazette. 25 April 1902. p. 2766.
- ^ "No. 27490". The London Gazette. 31 October 1902. p. 6901.
- ^ "The Army in South Africa - Troops returning home". The Times. No. 36957. London. 22 December 1902. p. 10.
Further reading
- Priestley, R. E. (1919). Breaking the Hindenburg Line. London: T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd.
