Lieutenant General Sir Charles Macpherson Dobell KCB, CMG, DSO (22 June 1869 – 17 October 1954) was a Canadian soldier who served with the Royal Welch Fusiliers of the British Army.
Sir Charles Macpherson Dobell | |
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 John Singer Sargent: Sir Charles Macpherson Dobell, Oil on canvas, 1919. | |
| Born | 22 June 1869 Quebec City, Quebec |
| Died | 17 October 1954 (aged 85) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1890–c.1920 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands | Eastern Force |
| Battles / wars | Second Boer War Boxer Rebellion First World War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches Legion of Honour (France) |
Military career
editBorn in Quebec City, the son of Richard Reid Dobell, an MP, and a grandson of Senator Sir David Lewis Macpherson, Dobell was educated at the Rev. Canon Von Iffland's Private School, the Quebec High School and Charterhouse School in England. He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada (college #221) in 1890. He was a lieutenant in the Hazara expedition of 1891 and took part with the International Forces in the occupation of the Island of Crete, where he was promoted to major. He served during the Second Boer War, where he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. After serving in Nigeria, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. He served in China during the Boxer Rebellion. After serving as a general staff officer, grade 2 (GSO2) at the War Office, he was promoted to brevet colonel and became an aide-de-camp to King George V in November 1910.[1] He was gazetted as Inspector-General of the West African Field Force, with the rank of brigadier general.
During the First World War, he fought in the Kamerun campaign, was promoted to major general in June 1915,[2] smd was later promoted to lieutenant general. He served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign under General Sir Archibald Murray, but they were both replaced in 1917.
In the 1915 New Year Honours, he was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. He was also made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.
Footnotes
editThis article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (April 2017) |
- ^ "No. 28433". The London Gazette. 4 November 1910. p. 7908.
- ^ "No. 29202". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 June 1915. p. 6116.
References
edit- "A cyclopædia of Canadian biography". Internet Archive. 1919.
- Biography of Charles Dobell at firstworldwar.com
Books
edit- 4237 Dr. Adrian Preston & Peter Dennis (Edited) "Swords and Covenants" Rowman And Littlefield, London. Croom Helm. 1976.
- H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "To Serve Canada: A History of the Royal Military College of Canada" 1997 Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1969.
- H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "Canada's RMC – A History of Royal Military College" Second Edition 1982
- H16511 Dr. Richard Preston "R.M.C. and Kingston: The effect of imperial and military influences on a Canadian community" 1968 Kingston, Ontario.
- H1877 R. Guy C. Smith (editor) "As You Were! Ex-Cadets Remember". In 2 Volumes. Volume I: 1876–1918. Volume II: 1919–1984. RMC. Kingston, Ontario. The R.M.C. Club of Canada. 1984
- Winston S. Churchill "Ian Hamilton's March" Longmans, Green, and Co, London (1 edition) 1900, page 405.