Henry Lukin

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Sir Henry Timson Lukin
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
Other workFirst president of the British Empire Service League (SA)

Basutoland Gun War (1880–1881), the Bechuanaland Campaign (1897), and the Anglo-Boer War when he was in command of the artillery during the defence of Wepener for which action he was awarded a Distinguished Service Order. From 1900 to 1901 he commanded the Cape Mounted Riflemen, from 1904 to 1912 he was Commandant-General of the Cape Colonial Forces and in 1912 Inspector-General of the Permanent Force of the Union of South Africa
.

Brig Gen Lukin transferred to the new

Delville Wood before being promoted to a divisional command in the British Army
. He was knighted for his war service, and retired in 1919.

Military career

Lukin was the only son of barrister-at-law Robert Henry Lukin of the

Basutoland Gun War that year. In 1893 he attended the gunnery and signal course at Woolwich and Shoeburyness in Britain and in 1894 he was promoted to captain.[1]

He participated in the

George Frederick Gorringe.[4]
He became Commander of No 1 Area,
Queenstown, Cape Colony, in December 1901. In recognition of services during the Second Boer War, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the South African Honours list published on 26 June 1902, shortly after the end of the war.[5]

He remained in South Africa and served as

King George V.[1]

On 1 July 1912 he was appointed as

German South-West Africa. In November and December 1914 he took part in operations against the rebels and on 23 September 1914 he fought at the Battle of Sandfontein in German South-West Africa. In July 1915 he was appointed as commander of the demobilising force in German South-West Africa and on 11 August 1915 he became general officer commanding, the 1st South African Infantry Brigade.[1]

Statue of Sir Henry Lukin in Company's Garden, Cape Town

In September 1915 he sailed for Britain and then in December 1915 he sailed for

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) and awarded the Order of the Nile, 3rd Class by the Sultan of Egypt.[6] In April 1918 he was appointed as general officer commanding of the 64th (2nd Highland) Division, Eastern Command in Britain before his retirement later that year.[1]

On 26 March 1920 he sailed for Cape Town and in July 1921 he was appointed as deputy chair of the Delville Wood Memorial Committee. In 1924 he became a member of the Defence Council of South Africa and on 28 October 1924 he was appointed as president of a Defence Commission of Enquiry.[1]

Family

In 1891 he married Lily Quinn.[1] After Lukin's death, his brother-in-law Reverend R.E. Johnston wrote a biography in 1929 titled Ulundi to Delville Wood: The life story of Major-General Sir Henry Timson Lukin, K.C.B., C.M.B., D.S.O., Chevalier Legion dh̓onneur, Order of the Nile.[7]

References

  1. ^
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  2. ^ "Rewards for distinguished services". The Times. No. 36483. London. 17 June 1901. p. 12.
  3. ^ "No. 27306". The London Gazette. 19 April 1901. p. 2702.
  4. ^ "No. 27399". The London Gazette. 21 January 1902. p. 453.
  5. ^ "No. 27448". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1902. p. 4195.
  6. ^ "No. 29977". The London Gazette. 9 March 1917. p. 2450.
  7. ^ Johnston 1929.

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Military offices
Preceded by
General Officer Commanding the 9th (Scottish) Division

December 1916 – March 1918 		Succeeded by
Preceded by GOC 64th (2nd Highland) Division
April 1918 − November 1918 		Succeeded by
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