Thomas Baldock

Major-General Thomas Stanford Baldock CB (January 1854 – August 1937) was a British Army officer.

Thomas Baldock
Born	January 1854
Died	August 1937
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	West Riding Division
Battles/wars	Second Boer War First World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath

Military career

Educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Baldock was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in April 1873.[1] He saw action in the Second Boer War and subsequently commanded a column of Royal Artillery Mounted Rifles in South Africa for which he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath.[2] He became Commander, Royal Artillery for Aldershot Command in August 1907 and then General Officer Commanding the West Riding Division in September 1911.[3] After taking his division to France in April 1915, he commanded it on the Western Front during the First World War but was seriously wounded by shell fire north west of Ypres in July 1915 and retired the following year.[1]

References

1. Davies, Frank; Maddocks, Graham (1995). Bloody Red Tabs: General Officer Casualties of the Great War 1914–1918. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-0850524635.
2. "No. 27448". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 June 1902. p. 4192.
3. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 13 June 2020.