Richard Wapshare | |
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Born | January 1860 Ooty, Pudukkottai State, British Raj |
Died | 23 December 1932 (aged 72) Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom |
Allegiance | United Kingdom British India |
Branch | British Army British Indian Army |
Years of service | 1880 — 1925 |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Commands held | Bangalore Brigade 6th Poona Divisional Area 9th (Secunderabad) Division 9th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade |
Battles/wars | Third Anglo-Burmese War World War I Operations against the Marri and Khetran tribes Third Anglo-Afghan War |
Sir Richard Wapshare, KCIE , CB , CSI (1860-1932) was a British-Indian Lieutenant General who served in World War I and participated in the Battle of Tanga and the Battle of Jassin. He also participated in the Operations against the Marri and Khetran tribes in 1918.
Richard was born on January 1860 as the final son of William Henry and Emma Elizabeth in Ooty. [1] He began his education in Germany and in February 1880 became a gazetted lieutenant in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, however in November 1882 transferred to the 14th Native Infantry of the Bombay Army. [1] In 1884 the British Indian Army officer transferred to the Hyderabad Contingent where he would remain for the rest of his regimental service. After completion of the latter he served in the 4th Cavalry and 3rd Cavalry regiments and participated in the Third Anglo-Burmese War. [1]
In 1906,he was Assistant Adjutant-General at the Army Headquarters at Simla and remained there until 1910 when he was assigned to the Saugor Cavalry School. In 1912 he joined the Secunderabad Cavalry and later in the year transferred to the Bangalore Brigade. [1] When World War I broke out, Wapshare served in the East African campaign as part of the Indian Expeditionary Force. The major general commanded the brigade in the Battle of Tanga, ending in a British defeat. [2] [3] He was described by Richard Meinertzhagen as a "dear fatherly old gentleman, kind and considerate" but "he has little military instinct and is nervous of all responsibility, maybe because he is hopelessly ignorant on all subjects connected to his profession." [4] Wapshare then participated in the Battle of Jassin only to end in another British defeat. [1] Later, back in India, he participated in the Operations against the Marri and Khetran tribes and the Third Anglo-Afghan War [5] and retired in 1925. He died on 23 December 1932 in Cheltenham. [1]
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