Henry Green (British Army officer)

Brigadier-General Henry Clifford Rodes Green, CB, CMG, DSO (15 May 1872 – 15 April 1935) was a senior British Army officer during the First World War.

Henry Green

CB CMG DSO
Born(1872-05-15)15 May 1872
London, England[1]
Died15 April 1935 (aged 62)[2]
Winchester, Hampshire
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankBrigadier-General
Commands held8th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps
20th Brigade
Battles/warsSecond Boer War
First World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath, Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, Distinguished Service Order, Croix de guerre, Mentioned in Dispatches

Green was the son of Sir William Green of the British Indian Army and Louisa Dunn, daughter of John Henry Dunn. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the King's Royal Rifle Corps on 18 November 1891, having attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,[3] and was promoted to lieutenant on 3 January 1895. He served in the Second Boer War 1899-1902, as adjutant of the 2nd battalion from 23 October 1899, and was present at the actions of Rietfontein and Lombard´s Kop, the defence of Ladysmith and actions at Laing's Nek.[4] While in South Africa he was promoted to captain on 7 January 1900.[5] After peace was declared in May 1902, Green left South Africa on board the SS Bavarian and arrived in the United Kingdom the following month.[6]

In 1915 he took command of the newly raised 8th Battalion of the regiment, part of the 41st Brigade. From 7 August 1916, he was Brigade Commander of the 20th Brigade which was engaged on the Western Front. Green was wounded on 5 October 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres. He subsequently commanded the brigade on the Italian Front until the end of the war.

Green was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in June 1916.[7] In September 1917 he was made a Commander of the Belgian Order of the Crown.[8] He was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in January 1918.[9] On 2 March 1923 he was decorated by the Italian government as a Commander of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus.[10] He retired in 1923.[11]

He married Florence Elmslie Humphrey Davidson in 1910, with whom he had two children.[12]

References
  1. 1891 England Census
  2. "Deaths". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 16 April 1935. p. 1.
  3. The London Gazette (17 November 1891) https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26224/page/5987/data.pdf
  4. Hart´s Army list, 1903
  5. "No. 27170". The London Gazette. 2 March 1900. p. 1435.
  6. "The Army in South Africa - the Coronation contingent". The Times (36791). London. 11 June 1902. p. 14.
  7. The London Gazette (3 June 1916) https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29608/supplement/5568/data.pdf
  8. The London Gazette (24 September 1917) https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30302/supplement/9862/data.pdf
  9. The London Gazette (1 January 1918) https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30450/supplement/5/data.pdf
  10. The London Gazette (2 March 1923) https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32801/page/1493/data.pdf
  11. The London Gazette (31 July 1923) https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32849/page/5241/data.pdf
  12. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837–1915
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