Frederick James Heyworth
Frederick James Heyworth CB, DSO | |
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| Born | 25 March 1863 Clinton, Gloucestershire |
| Died | 9 May 1916 (aged 53) Western Front |
| Buried | Belgium, Brandhoek Military Cemetery |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Rank | Brigadier-General |
| Commands | 3 Guards Brigade |
| Awards | Distinguished Service Order[1] |
Brigadier General Frederick James Heyworth, CB, DSO (March 1863 – 9 May 1916) was a British Army officer who was killed in action by a sniper in Belgium during the First World War while in command of the 3rd Guards Brigade.
Military career
[edit]His military career in the Regular Army began in December 1883 when he transferred from the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Welsh Regiment (later the Welch Regiment) as a lieutenant into the Scots Guards.[2]
He served as an aide-de-camp to Major General G. H. Moncrieff from April 1890.[3]
Promoted to lieutenant colonel in April 1910,[4] and to colonel in December 1911,[5] he succeeded Colonel Gerald Cuthbert in command of the Coldstream Guards and the regimental district in October 1913.[6]
He was made a temporary brigadier general in August 1914[7] and in November succeeded Brigadier General Harold Ruggles-Brise, who had been severely wounded, in command of the 7th Division's 20th Infantry Brigade and was allowed to retain his temporary brigadier's rank.[8] He later took command the 3rd Guards Brigade, Guards Division, in 1915.
References
[edit]- ^ "No. 11343". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 October 1901. p. 1078.
- ^ "No. 25293". The London Gazette. 4 December 1883. p. 6266.
- ^ "No. 26062". The London Gazette. 17 June 1890. p. 3362.
- ^ "No. 28360". The London Gazette. 26 April 1910. p. 2867.
- ^ "No. 28763". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 1913. p. 7064.
- ^ "No. 28765". The London Gazette. 17 October 1913. p. 7248.
- ^ "No. 28875". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 August 1914. p. 6581.
- ^ "No. 28994". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 December 1914. p. 10277.
Bibliography
[edit]- Davis, Frank; Maddocks, Graham (1995). Bloody Red Tabs - General Officer Casualties of the Great War, 1914-1918. London: Leo Cooper, pp. 72–73.
- 1863 births
- 1916 deaths
- British Army generals of World War I
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- People educated at Eton College
- Scots Guards officers
- British Army personnel of the Mahdist War
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Military personnel from Gloucestershire
- Welch Regiment officers
- British Militia officers
- British Army brigadiers