Herbert Shoubridge
Herbert Shoubridge | |
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Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order |
Commandant of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
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Military career
Shoubridge was
North West Frontier of India in 1897. Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in late 1899, he became deputy assistant adjutant general for the Natal Army.[3] He transferred to the Northumberland Fusiliers and was promoted captain on 9 May 1900, and received a brevet promotion as major dated 29 November 1900 in the South African Honours list of 1901.[4]
After the war ended in June 1902, he became Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General at Headquarters, South Africa Command.[5] He was appointed brigade major of the 13th Brigade in 1906 and then served as a general staff officer with Western Command and then Southern Command.[3]
He fought in
7th Division in April 1917.[6] Towards the end of the year he and his division were sent to the Italian Front, where it remained for the rest of the war.[7]
With the war now over and his division disbanded, his next appointment was as GOC of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division from 1919 and was then briefly Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst in 1923 before his resignation due to ill health.[3] He lived at Lawrenny Castle near Kilgetty in Pembrokeshire.[8]
Family
In 1910 he married Constance Gladys Dugdale; they had a daughter and a son.[8][1]
References
- ^ a b c "Thomas Herbert Shoubridge 1871-1923 - Ancestry®". www.ancestry.co.uk.
- ^ "No. 26382". The London Gazette. 14 March 1893. p. 1617.
- ^ a b c d e f "Shoubridge, Herbert". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ Hart′s Army list, 1902
- ^ "No. 27496". The London Gazette. 18 November 1902. p. 7340.
- ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2015.
- ^ "The 7th Division". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Person Page". thepeerage.com.
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