Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
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Early life and education
Herbert Plumer was son of Hall Plumer of Malpas Lodge, Torquay, Devon (a grandson of Sir Thomas Plumer), and Louisa Alice, daughter of Henry Turnley, of Kensington. He was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[1]
Military career
Plumer was
In 1899 Plumer returned to
He was promoted to
First World War
Following the unexpected death of Sir James Grierson on his arrival in France in 1914, Plumer was considered for command of one of two Corps of the British Expeditionary Force alongside Douglas Haig: this position eventually went to Horace Smith-Dorrien.[19] Plumer was sent to France in February 1915 and given command of V Corps which he led at the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915.[20]
He took command of the
In November 1917 Plumer was given command of the
Later career
Plumer was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief the
On 24 July 1927 he conducted the inauguration ceremony for the Menin Gate memorial at Ypres in Belgium.[30]
Plumer was created Viscount Plumer for his "long and distinguished public services" on 3 June 1929.[31]
Death
Plumer died at his home in Knightsbridge in London on 16 July 1932 at the age of 75. His body was interred in Westminster Abbey.[26]
Family
In July 1884 Plumer married Annie Constance Goss (1858–1941), daughter of George and Eleanor Goss; they had three daughters and one son.[19]
Honours
British
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- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George – 1 January 1916[35]
- Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order – 14 July 1917[36]
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire – 1924[37]
- Knight of Grace of the Venerable Order of St John – 23 June 1925[38]
Foreign
- Legion of Honour (France) – 14 December 1917[39]
- Croix de Guerre (Belgium) – 11 March 1918[40]
- Croix de Guerre with palm (France) – 11 March 1919[41]
- Army Distinguished Service Medal (United States) – 12 July 1919[42]
- Grand Cordon, Order of the Rising Sun (Japan) – 21 January 1921[43]
See also
Citations
- ^ The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms, ed. L. G. Pine, Heraldry Today, 1972, page 220
- ^ "No. 24761". The London Gazette. 12 September 1879. p. 5454.
- ^ "No. 24777". The London Gazette. 31 October 1879. p. 6187.
- ^ "No. 25241". The London Gazette. 12 June 1883. p. 3038.
- ^ Heathcote 1999, p. 240.
- ^ a b c d e Heathcote 1999, p. 241.
- ^ "No. 26052". The London Gazette. 20 May 1890. p. 2901.
- ^ "No. 26850". The London Gazette. 7 May 1897. p. 2535.
- ^ "No. 27238". The London Gazette. 16 October 1900. p. 6326.
- ^ "The War". The Times. No. 36743. London. 16 April 1902. p. 11.
- ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36792. London. 12 June 1902. p. 12.
- ^ "No. 27459". The London Gazette. 29 July 1902. pp. 4835–4837.
- ^ "No. 27490". The London Gazette. 31 October 1902. p. 6897.
- ^ "Army Corps appointments". The Times. No. 36871. London. 12 September 1902. p. 6.
- ^ "No. 27498". The London Gazette. 25 November 1902. p. 7939.
- ^ a b "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ "No. 28551". The London Gazette. 17 November 1911. p. 8349.
- ^ Nevill, Percy Bantock (1966). Scouting in London, 1908-1965. London Scout Council. p. 202.
- ^ required.)
- ^ a b c Heathcote 1999, p. 242.
- ^ "No. 29459". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 February 1916. p. 1326.
- ^ Wolff 2001, p. 88.
- ^ "No. 31352". The London Gazette. 23 May 1919. p. 6363.
- ^ "No. 31610". The London Gazette. 21 October 1919. p. 12890.
- ^ Official Gazette of the Government of Palestine, Extraordinary issue, 25 August 1925.
- ^ a b Heathcote 1999, p. 243.
- ^ Gwynn, Major General Sir Charles W. Imperial Policing.
- ^ Samuel, Horace Barnett (1930). Unholy Memories of the Holy Land. L. and Virginia Woolf. p. 92.
- ^ Harington, General Sir Charles (1938). Plumer of Messines. John Murray.
- ^ "The Menin Gate Inauguration Ceremony – Sunday 24 July 1927". Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ "No. 33501". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 May 1929. p. 3665.
- ^ "No. 30450". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1917. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 27926". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1906. p. 4460.
- ^ "No. 27306". The London Gazette. 19 April 1901. p. 2696.
- ^ "No. 29438". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 January 1916. p. 564.
- ^ "No. 30216". The London Gazette. 3 August 1917. p. 7912.
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1925
- ^ "No. 33059". The London Gazette. 23 June 1925. p. 4193.
- ^ "No. 30431". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 December 1917. p. 13205.
- ^ "No. 30568". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 March 1918. p. 3097.
- ^ "No. 31222". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 March 1919. p. 3281.
- ^ "No. 31451". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 July 1919. p. 8938.
- ^ "No. 32201". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 January 1921. p. 572.
General and cited sources
- "Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives". Viscount Plumer. King's College London. 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- "War Peers' Titles". The Times (42237): 12. 22 October 1919.
- "King's Birth Honours". The Times (45219): 10. 3 June 1929.
- "Lord Plumer (tribute)". The Times (46188): 13. 18 July 1932.
- "Field-Marshal Lord Plumer: A Great Leader of Men (obituary)". The Times (46188): 17. 18 July 1932.
- Heathcote, Tony (1999). The British Field Marshals 1736–1997. Barnsley (UK): Pen & Sword. ISBN 0-85052-696-5.
- Wolff, L. (2001) [1958]. In Flanders Fields: Passchendaele 1917. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14139-079-4.
Further reading
- Beckett, Ian F. W.; Corvi, Steven J. (2006). Haig's Generals. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 978-1-84415-169-1.
- Harington, General Sir Charles (1935). Plumer of Messines. London: Murray. OCLC 3004191.
- Powell, Geoffrey (1990). Plumer: The Soldier's General: A Biography of Field-Marshal Viscount Plumer of Messines. Barnsley: Pen and Sword Books. ISBN 0-85052-605-1.
- ISBN 1-84119-063-2.
- Sykes, Frank W. (1897). With Plumer in Matabeleland: An Account of the Operations of the Matabeleland Relief Force during the Rebellion of 1896. London: Constable. ISBN 0-8371-1640-6.
- ISBN 978-0-8061-3919-7.