Charles Bulkley Bulkley-Johnson ( Charles Buckley Buckley-Johnson , in the original decree of the George Duma, Bulkley Johnson , English Charles Bulkeley Bulkeley-Johnson ; 1867 - 1917 ) - brigadier general of the British cavalry.
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| Charles Bulkeley Bulkeley-Johnson | |||||
| Date of Birth | 1867 | ||||
| Date of death | April 11, 1917 | ||||
| Affiliation |  United Kingdom | ||||
| Type of army | cavalry | ||||
| Rank | Brigadier General | ||||
| Commanded | 2nd Dragoon Regiment (Royal Scottish Gray Dragoons) | ||||
| Battles / wars | Rise of the Mahdists Second Boer War World War I | ||||
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The only foreign holder of two degrees of the Russian Order of St. George for participating in the First World War.
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Awards
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Biography
Born in 1867 in the family of a famous businessman, member of the Hong Kong Parliament, Francis Balkley-Johnson [1] and his wife, Jeanne Sophia. [2] His male ancestors came from the Scottish local nobility. [3] He received his secondary education at the prestigious Harrow Private School. He completed his professional military education at Sandhurst Military College .
A career officer of the illustrious [4] Royal Scottish Gray Dragoons, [5] Charles was released from Sandhurst as 2nd Lieutenant into the 2nd Dragoon Regiment (Royal Scottish Gray Dragoons) on February 5, 1887. Since March 16, 1889 - lieutenant. Captain since June 13, 1894.
From 1898 to 1899 he was part of the Egyptian army, took part in the “ Nile Expedition ” in Sudan , which led to the defeat of the Caliph - one of only two regiment officers (and 44 privates) who were temporarily transferred to strengthen the “Heavy Camel Corps” . He commanded a squadron at the Battle of Umm-Divaykarat on November 25, 1899, deserving a "mention in the report." [6]
In the Second Boer War - with a regiment in the 1st Cavalry Brigade of Brigadier General Porter. [7] Participated in the protection of British communications between the rivers Modder and Orange, in lifting the siege of Kimberley, the release of British prisoners of war from Boer concentration camps, counter-guerrilla actions of the regiment against the "irreconcilable" Boers until 1902. He returned with a regiment to Great Britain in 1905.
On August 19, 1911, he was appointed commander of the 2nd Dragoon Regiment; in 1914, under his command, the Gray Scots were brought to a 3-squadron composition - 4 platoons of 33 people in a squadron.
At the beginning of the Great War, the Gray Scots were assigned to the 5th Cavalry Brigade of the British Expeditionary Force in Belgium. During the “ run to the sea ” - the retreat of the British under the pressure of superior German forces through the territory of Belgium to the Pas de Calais and English Channel - the Gray Scots [9] under the command of Balkley-Johnson repeatedly distinguished themselves in carrying out barrage and counterattacks that prevented the complete defeat of the British Expeditionary Force.
On November 23, 1914, for personal courage and skillful command of the Balkley-Johnson Regiment, he was appointed commander of the 8th Cavalry Brigade [10] of the 3rd Cavalry Division of the British Expeditionary Force with the rank of brigadier general, and on November 27, 1914, was awarded the Russian Order of St. George IV degree. Exactly 10 months later - now already for the skillful command of the 8th brigade - he was awarded the same Order of the 3rd degree, which made him the only allied officer awarded with crosses of two degrees for participating in the First World War.
Brigadier General Balkley-Johnson was mortally wounded on the Western Front during reconnaissance on April 11, 1917 . He died on the same day in the town of Monschie-les-Prés at the age of 49, which made him the 13th British general who died on the fronts of the First World War. [eleven]
He was buried in France at the military site of the cemetery of the commune of Grua y Artois. [12]
Rewards
- He was awarded the Orders of St. George 4th ( November 27, 1914 ) and 3rd ( September 27, 1915 ) degrees.
- He was also awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor (France) and the Order of Medzhidiye 4th class (Turkey).
Notes
- ↑ English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bulkeley_Johnson
- ↑ Friends of Hastings Cemetery
- ↑ see Barkley Johnson - Scottish Lords, in English.
- ↑ took part: in the battle of Waterloo, in which they lost their brigadier commander - Lord Ponsonby English. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ponsonby_(British_Army_officer) ; in the attack of the Heavy Brigade on the cavalry of General Ryzhov at Balaclava in the Eastern War , then - see the article in English . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Scots_Greys
- ↑ English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Scots_Greys , in particular, the last All-Russian Emperor was listed as an honorary colonel in the regiment - his set of patronage colonel uniforms is still stored in the museum of the regiment in Edinburgh.
- ↑ London newspaper, November 25, 1899. see the link in this article in English. language.
- ↑ upon arrival in Cape Town, the gray regimental horses were repainted in the original khaki color - the color of dry red clay
- ↑ he was not “Colonel of the Regiment” (he was listed as Major General Andrew Smythe Montague Browne), but only as “Commanding Officer” (CO): “permanent and. about. "regiment commander.
- ↑ whose horses were now again repainted in a protective color
- ↑ English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Cavalry_Corps_order_of_battle_1914#8th_Cavalry_Brigade - Royal Horse Guards, 10th Prince of Wales Life Hussars, 1st / 1st Essex Horse Militias - from December 10. The brigade commander remained until his death in 1917.
- ↑ English http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/warstudies/research/projects/lionsdonkeys/b.aspx
- ↑ GOUY-EN-ARTOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (English)