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Fold3_Team · 31 Oct 2023
Information: Served in the First World War with 15th Field Company, Corps of Royal Engineers. Also served in the Second World War. Ranks achieved: Captain, Major, Lieutenant-Colonel, Colonel, Brigadier, Major General and Lieutenant General. Removed from the Corps and still on the active list. Colonel-in-Chief. Duty location: Camberley 30/10/1914. Brevet Major 01/03/1912 and 01/01/1917 and 20/06/1918. General Staff, General Staff Officer, 1st grade, Staff College. Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel 20/01/1918. Royal Engineers, War Office, Commands and Staff, 20/06/1918. Colonel late Royal Engineers, Officer on the Active List, seniority date 24/06/1926, Army List 1933. Colonel and General Staff Officer 1st Grade, Waziristan District, East Indies, Northern Command, seniority date 17/06/1932, Army List 1933. Eastern Command, Brigadier, Commands of the Army (East Indies) Eastern 03/07/1934. Late Royal Engineers, acting Lieutenant General, Officers of The Army on the Active List 19/12/1937. War Office, Commands and Staff, 05/08/1940. Colonel Commandant, (Honorary Colonel Territorial Army), retired pay, 02/02/1945. Colonel Commandant, Royal Engineers and Honorary Lieutenant General. Reserve of Officers, 14/01/1948. Prisoner of War in Italy. P.O.W. Camp number 12, Candeli / Vincigliata near Florence, postal mark number 3200.
Fold3_Team · 31 Oct 2023
More Information: Further gazette dates: 04/06/1946 (K.B.E.); 30/12/1938 (C.B.); 11/01/1916 (D.S.O.); 16/02/1915 (MiD); 31/12/1915 (MiD); 02/01/1917 (MiD); 07/12/1917 (MiD); 04/07/1919 (MiD); 23/07/1940 (MiD); 28/03/1941 (MiD); 28/06/1946; (Order of St John); 03/01/1919 (Légion d'Honneur); 18/07/1919 (Croix de Guerre (France)); 02/09/1919 (Croix de Guerre (Belgium)) Further gazette pages: 2768 (K.B.E.); 4 (C.B.); 575 (D.S.O.); 1657 (MiD); 24 (MiD); 200 (MiD); 12918 (MiD); 8497 (MiD); 4580 (MiD); 1869 (MiD); 3288 (Order of St John); 312 (Légion d'Honneur); 9221 (Croix de Guerre (France)); 11212 (Croix de Guerre (Belgium)) Further gazette issues: 37598 (K.B.E.); 34585 (C.B.); 29438 (D.S.O.); 29072 (MiD); 29422 (MiD); 29890 (MiD); 30421 (MiD); 31435 (MiD); 34904 (MiD); 35120 (MiD); 37632 (Order of St John); 31109 (Légion d'Honneur); 31465 (Croix de Guerre (France)); 31537 (Croix de Guerre (Belgium))
Fold3_Team · 31 Oct 2023
Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29074/supplements/1700. Lieutenant Philip Neame, 15th Field Company, Corps of Royal Engineers. On 19th June 1914 at Neuve Chapelle, France, Lieutenant Neame, in the face of very heavy fire, engaged the Germans in a single-handed bombing attack, killing and wounding a number of them. He was able to check the enemy advance for three-quarters of an hour and to rescue all the wounded whom it was possible to move. KNIGHT COMMANDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/37598/supplements/2768. COMPANION OF THE BATH,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34585/supplements/4. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29438/supplements/575. GAZETTE ISSUE 29438, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER, His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the undermentioned Honours and Rewards for distinguished service in the Field, with effect from 1st January, 1916, inclusive:- To be a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29072/supplements/1657. GAZETTE ISSUE 29072, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES. The Following Despatch has been received by the Secretary of State for War from the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, British Forces in the Field. I have the honour to bring to notice names of those whom I recommend for gallant and distinguished service in the Field. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29422/supplements/24. GAZETTE ISSUE 29422, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, The following despatch has been received by the Secretary of State for War from the Field Marshall Commanding-in-Chief the British Army in France. I have the honour to bring to notice the name, whom I recommend for gallant and distinguished service in the Field. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29890/supplements/200. GAZETTE ISSUE 29890, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES by General Sir Douglas Haig, G.C.B., Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies in France, to the Secretary of State for War, for distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30421/supplements/12918. GAZETTE ISSUE 30421, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, This Officer has been mentioned in despatches for his distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty during the period 26th February 1917 to midnight of 20th/21st September 1917. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31435/supplements/8497. GAZETTE ISSUE 31435, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, Despatch received from Field-Marshall Sir Douglas Haig, K.T., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., K.C.I.E., Commander-in-Chief, the British Armies in France. I have the honour to submit the name of this person, who served under my command during the period 16th September, 1918, to 15th March, 1919, whose distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty I consider deserving of special mention. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34904/supplements/4580. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35120/supplements/1869. ORDER OF ST JOHN,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/37632/pages/3288. LÉGION D'HONNEUR,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31109/supplements/312. GAZETTE ISSUE 31109, LÉGION D' HONNEUR - Croix de Chevalier. His Majesty the King has given unrestricted permission in all cases to wear the Decorations and Medals in question. CROIX DE GUERRE (FRANCE),: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31465/supplements/9221. GAZETTE ISSUE 31465, CROIX DE GUERRE, Decoration conferred by the President of the French Republic for distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign. His Majesty the King has given unrestricted permission to wear the Decoration in question. CROIX DE GUERRE (BELGIUM),: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31537/supplements/11212.
Fold3_Team · 31 Oct 2023
Further Information: Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Officer serving with Militia, Territorial Army, Supplementary Reserve, Overseas Forces (Except Union of South Africa Defence Forces), or holding a temporary commission, who had service in any of the several theatres of war overseas. [The entry of this symbol is made as such Officers are not shown in the Graduation List of the Half-Yearly Army List]. Completed a Course at, or served for a year on the Staff of, the Imperial Defence College. Graduate of Staff College, Camberley or Quetta. General Officers employed and Officers holding General, Administrative, Technical and Departmental Staff Appointments specified in Army Order No. 95 of 1918 as modified by Army Order No. 539 of 1920 and Army Order No. 73 of 1921.