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==Early military career==
==Early military career==
Watts was born on 14 February 1858, the son of the Reverend R.E.R. Watts, the vicar of [[Wisbech]]. He was educated at [[The King's School, Peterborough]] and at [[Tours]],<ref name=walford>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/edward-walford/the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla/page-374-the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla.shtml|title=Read the eBook The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland .. (Volume ed.59, yr.1919) by Edward Walford online for free (page 374 of 415)|website=www.ebooksread.com}}</ref> and was [[officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] as a [[second lieutenant]] into a [[Militia]] unit, the Royal North Down Militia, in November 1877<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24520|page=6095|date=9 November 1877}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in August 1879.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24749|page=4809|date=5 August 1879}}</ref> He transferred as a second lieutenant to the [[Lancashire Fusiliers|20th Regiment of Foot]] in April 1880.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24834|page=2556|date=16 April 1880}}</ref> In May he transferred again, to the [[West Yorkshire Regiment|14th Regiment of Foot]] (the regiment changed name to become The Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment later the same year).<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24847|page=3175|date=25 May 1880}}</ref> He served with the regiment for 30 years, during which he was promoted to lieutenant on 1 July 1881, [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] on 6 March 1889,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25936|page=2747|date=21 May 1889}}</ref> and [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] on 20 March 1899.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJhmpqvZXAIC&q=%22Herbert+Edward+Watts%22+1899 |title=Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland|page=897|year=1921}}</ref>


Watts was born on 14 February 1858, the son of the Reverend R.L.R. Watts, the vicar of [[Wisbech]]. He was educated at [[The King's School, Peterborough]] and at [[Tours]],<ref name=walford>[http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/edward-walford/the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla/page-374-the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla.shtml ''The county families of the United Kingdom or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland'' (Volume ed.59, yr.1919) by Edward Walford, p.374]</ref> and was [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] as a [[second lieutenant]] into the [[West Yorkshire Regiment|14th Regiment of Foot]] in April 1880 (the regiment changed name to become The Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment later the same year). He served with the regiment for 30 years, during which he was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] on 1 July 1881, [[Captain (BARM)|captain]] on 6 March 1889, and [[Major (British Army)|major]] on 20 March 1899. Following the outbreak of the [[Second Boer War]] in late 1899, he served with the 2nd battalion of his regiment in [[South Africa]] 1899-1902. He took part in operations in the [[Natal Colony|Natal]], including the battles of [[Battle of Vaal Krantz|Vaal Krantz]] (6-7 February 1900) and [[Battle of the Tugela Heights|the Tugela Heights and Pieter's Hill]] (14-27 February 1900) leading to the [[Relief of Ladysmith]]. In the following months he served in the Natal, and from July to November 1900 in the [[Transvaal Colony|Transvaal]].<ref>Hart´s Army list, 1903</ref> During the war he was [[mentioned in despatches]] five times and received the [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] promotion to [[Lieutenant-colonel (British Army)|lieutenant-colonel]] on 29 November 1900. He was appointed 2nd in command of his battalion on 7 March 1902, and after peace was declared the following month, left South Africa on board the SS ''Bavarian'' to arrive in the United Kingdom in June 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=The Army in South Africa - the Coronation contingent |day_of_week=Wednesday |date= 11 June 1902 |page_number=14 |issue=36791}}</ref>
Following the outbreak of the [[Second Boer War]] in October 1899, he served with the 2nd Battalion of his regiment in [[South Africa]] 1899–1902. He took part in operations in the [[Natal Colony|Natal]], including the battles of [[Battle of Vaal Krantz|Vaal Krantz]] (6-7 February 1900) and [[Battle of the Tugela Heights|the Tugela Heights and Pieter's Hill]] (14-27 February 1900) leading to the [[Relief of Ladysmith]]. In the following months he served in the Natal, and from July to November 1900 in the [[Transvaal Colony|Transvaal]].<ref>Hart´s Army list, 1903</ref> During the war he was [[mentioned in dispatches]] five times and received the [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] promotion to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] on 29 November 1900. He was appointed [[second-in-command]] of his battalion on 7 March 1902, and after peace was declared the following month, left South Africa on board the SS ''Bavarian'' to arrive in the United Kingdom in June 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Army in South Africa - the Coronation contingent |date= 11 June 1902 |page=14 |issue=36791}}</ref>


He was promoted to Colonel in 1908, and finished his army career as the commander of No. 9 District in [[Eastern Command (United Kingdom)|Eastern Command]], holding this post from 1910 until he retired in 1914.<ref name="WWW">"WATTS, Lieut-Gen. Sir Herbert Edward", in ''Who Was Who'' (2007). [http://ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U218882/ Online edition]</ref>
He was promoted to substantive lieutenant colonel in February 1904<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27649|page=1164|date=23 February 1904}}</ref> and commanded a battalion for the next four years, during which time he was promoted again, this time to brevet colonel, in July 1905,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27818|page=4986|date=18 July 1905}}</ref> before going on [[half-pay]] in February 1908 after relinquishing command of the battalion.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28113|page=1318|date=25 February 1908}}</ref> He was promoted to substantive colonel that month,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28119|page=1969|date=13 March 1908}}</ref> and, after coming off the half-pay list, finished his military career as the commander of No. 9 District in [[Eastern Command (United Kingdom)|Eastern Command]], holding this post from May 1910<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28378|page=3709|date=27 May 1910}}</ref> until he retired from the army in May 1914.<ref name="WWW">"WATTS, Lieut-Gen. Sir Herbert Edward", in ''Who Was Who'' (2007). [http://ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U218882/ Online edition]</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28832|page=4007|date=19 May 1914}}</ref> While holding that post he had been created a [[Order of the Bath|Companion of the Order of the Bath]] (CB) in June 1912.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28617|page=4298|date=11 June 1912|supp=y}}</ref>


==First World War==
==First World War==
[[File:The US Army on the Western Front, 1917-1918 Q9257.jpg|thumb|left|King [[George V]] inspects American soldiers of the 108th Regiment, with the 27th Division, 6 August 1918. From left to right: Brigadier General McMullen, Chief of Staff, XIX British Corps; [[aide-de-camp]] to Lieutenant General Sir Herbert Watt GOC XIX Corps; Lieutenant General Sir Herbert Watts; Brigadier General [[Palmer E. Pierce]], commanding 51st Brigade, 27th Division; Major General [[John F. O'Ryan]], the 27th Division commander, and King George V.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dvidshub.net/image/4525151/27th-division-visited-king | title=27th Division visited by King }}</ref>]]
Shortly after Watts' retirement, the outbreak of the [[First World War]] meant that he returned almost immediately to the Army. He was given command of [[21st Brigade (United Kingdom)|21st Brigade]] in [[7th Division (United Kingdom)|7th Division]];<ref>Kennedy, p. 11</ref> the division was composed of regular battalions recalled from overseas service on the outbreak of war and formed into a new division in England. Watts remained with the brigade until the [[Battle of Loos]] in September 1915, when Major-General [[Thompson Capper]], commanding the division, was killed in action and Watts took over command. With the brief exception of a few days in July 1916 as General Officer Commanding [[38th (Welsh) Infantry Division|38th (Welsh) Division]] - under Watts, the division took its objective, [[Mametz Wood Memorial|Mametz Wood]], though with severe losses - Watts would remain with the division for the next year and a half. He later became General Officer Commanding the [[XIX Corps (United Kingdom)|XIX Corps]].<ref>Farr, p. 106</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bedfordregiment.org.uk/2ndbn/2ndbtn1917diary.html |title=The Bedfordshire Regiment in the Great War|accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref>


Shortly after Watts's retirement, the outbreak of the [[World War I|First World War]] meant that he returned almost immediately to the army. He was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general in August<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28957|page=8763|date=30 October 1914}}</ref> and given command of the recently raised [[21st Brigade (United Kingdom)|21st Infantry Brigade]] in the [[7th Division (United Kingdom)|7th Division]];<ref>Kennedy, p. 11</ref> the division was composed of battalions of the [[Standing army|Regular Army]] recalled from overseas service on the outbreak of war and formed into a new division in England.<ref>Becke (1935) pp. 81–87</ref>
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Watts was regarded by Field-Marshal [[Douglas Haig]] as "a plucky hard little man" and "a fine leader" but also "a distinctly stupid man [who] lacks imagination".<ref>Robbins, p. 54</ref> While his courage and fighting spirit were well-regarded, planning and organisation were left to his divisional staff. His personality impressed regimental officers; he required Territorial officers of the 61st Division to repeat after him in chorus a salutary maxim: “The natural corollary of delegation of authority is intelligent supervision”.<ref>Stacke p. 287</ref> Watts had never attended the Staff College, spending his earlier career entirely on regimental service.<ref>Robbins, p. 37</ref> Watts unveiled the War Memorial at [[Mitcham]] in [[Surrey]] in 1920.<ref>[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Surrey/Mitcham.html Roll of Honour - Mitcham]</ref>

Watts remained with the brigade until the [[Battle of Loos]] in September 1915, when Major-General [[Thompson Capper]], commanding the division, was killed in action and Watts took over as [[general officer commanding]] (GOC) of the 7th Division. With the brief exception of a few days in July 1916 as GOC [[38th (Welsh) Infantry Division|38th (Welsh) Division]] - under Watts, the division took its objective, [[Mametz Wood Memorial|Mametz Wood]], though with severe losses - he would remain with the division for the next year and a half.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genealogy.kirkpatrickaustralian.com/archives/getperson.php?personID=I8727&tree=TKA |title=Watts, Sir Herbert Edward, ,K.C.M.G , K.C.B.|publisher=Kirkpatrick Family Archives |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403201523/http://genealogy.kirkpatrickaustralian.com/archives/getperson.php?personID=I8727&tree=TKA|archive-date=3 April 2012}}</ref>

He later was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant general in February 1917<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29996|page=2862|date=23 March 1917}}</ref> and became GOC of the [[XIX Corps (United Kingdom)|XIX Corps]], which he led for the rest of the war.<ref>Farr, p. 106</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bedfordregiment.org.uk/2ndbn/2ndbtn1917diary.html |title=The Bedfordshire Regiment in the Great War|accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Order of St Michael and St George|Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] in February 1915,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=12776|page=307|date=23 February 1915|city=e}}</ref> as well as the French [[Legion of Honour]] in 1919.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31150|page=1445|date=28 January 1919|supp=y}}</ref>

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Watts was regarded by Field-Marshal [[Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig|Sir Douglas Haig]], [[commander-in-chief]] (C-in-C) of the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War I)|British Expeditionary Force]] (BEF), as "a plucky hard little man" and "a fine leader" but also "a distinctly stupid man [who] lacks imagination".<ref>Robbins, p. 54</ref> While his courage and fighting spirit were well-regarded, planning and organisation were left to his divisional staff. His personality impressed regimental officers; he required [[Territorial Force]] (TF) officers of the [[61st (2nd South Midland) Division]] to repeat after him in chorus a salutary maxim: “The natural corollary of delegation of authority is intelligent supervision”.<ref>Stacke p. 287</ref> Watts had never attended the [[Staff College, Camberley]], spending his earlier career entirely on regimental service.<ref>Robbins, p. 37</ref>

Watts unveiled the War Memorial at [[Mitcham]] in [[Surrey]] in 1920.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Surrey/Mitcham.html|title=Roll of Honour - Surrey - Mitcham|website=www.roll-of-honour.com}}</ref>


==Family==
==Family==
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==Sources==
==Sources==
* {{cite book|last=Farr|first=Don|title=The Silent General: Horne of the First Army, A Biography of Haig's Trusted Great War Comrade-in-Arms|publisher=Helion|year=2007|isbn=1-874622-99-X}}
* {{cite book|last=Becke|first= Archibald Frank|year=1935|title=Order of Battle of Divisions Part 1: The Regular British Divisions|publisher=His Majesty's Stationery Office|location=London|oclc=929528172}}
* {{cite book|last=Farr|first=Don|title=The Silent General: Horne of the First Army, A Biography of Haig's Trusted Great War Comrade-in-Arms|publisher=Helion|year=2007|isbn=978-1-874622-99-4}}
* {{cite book|last=Kennedy|first=E.J.|title=With the immortal seventh division|year=1916|url=https://archive.org/details/immortalseventh00kennuoft|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton|place=London}}
* {{cite book|last=Kennedy|first=E.J.|title=With the immortal seventh division|year=1916|url=https://archive.org/details/immortalseventh00kennuoft|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton|place=London}}
* {{cite book|last=Stack|first=Capt H. FitzM.|title=The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War|year=1921|isbn=978-1843423782|publisher=G.T. Cheshire & Sons Ltd.|place=Kidderminster}}
* {{cite book|last=Stack|first=Capt H. FitzM.|title=The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War|year=1921|isbn=978-1843423782|publisher=G.T. Cheshire & Sons Ltd.|place=Kidderminster}}
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Sir Herbert Watts
Portrait of Watts, 1917, by Francis Dodd
Born14 February 1858
Died15 October 1934
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
RankLieutenant-General
Commands7th Division
38th (Welsh) Division
XIX Corps
Battles / warsFirst World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Legion of Honour

Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Edward Watts KCB KCMG (14 February 1858 – 15 October 1934) was a British Army officer who commanded 7th Division and later XIX Corps during the First World War.

Early military career

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Watts was born on 14 February 1858, the son of the Reverend R.E.R. Watts, the vicar of Wisbech. He was educated at The King's School, Peterborough and at Tours,[1] and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into a Militia unit, the Royal North Down Militia, in November 1877[2] He was promoted to lieutenant in August 1879.[3] He transferred as a second lieutenant to the 20th Regiment of Foot in April 1880.[4] In May he transferred again, to the 14th Regiment of Foot (the regiment changed name to become The Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment later the same year).[5] He served with the regiment for 30 years, during which he was promoted to lieutenant on 1 July 1881, captain on 6 March 1889,[6] and major on 20 March 1899.[7]

Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in October 1899, he served with the 2nd Battalion of his regiment in South Africa 1899–1902. He took part in operations in the Natal, including the battles of Vaal Krantz (6-7 February 1900) and the Tugela Heights and Pieter's Hill (14-27 February 1900) leading to the Relief of Ladysmith. In the following months he served in the Natal, and from July to November 1900 in the Transvaal.[8] During the war he was mentioned in dispatches five times and received the brevet promotion to lieutenant colonel on 29 November 1900. He was appointed second-in-command of his battalion on 7 March 1902, and after peace was declared the following month, left South Africa on board the SS Bavarian to arrive in the United Kingdom in June 1902.[9]

He was promoted to substantive lieutenant colonel in February 1904[10] and commanded a battalion for the next four years, during which time he was promoted again, this time to brevet colonel, in July 1905,[11] before going on half-pay in February 1908 after relinquishing command of the battalion.[12] He was promoted to substantive colonel that month,[13] and, after coming off the half-pay list, finished his military career as the commander of No. 9 District in Eastern Command, holding this post from May 1910[14] until he retired from the army in May 1914.[15][16] While holding that post he had been created a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in June 1912.[17]

First World War

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King George V inspects American soldiers of the 108th Regiment, with the 27th Division, 6 August 1918. From left to right: Brigadier General McMullen, Chief of Staff, XIX British Corps; aide-de-camp to Lieutenant General Sir Herbert Watt GOC XIX Corps; Lieutenant General Sir Herbert Watts; Brigadier General Palmer E. Pierce, commanding 51st Brigade, 27th Division; Major General John F. O'Ryan, the 27th Division commander, and King George V.[18]

Shortly after Watts's retirement, the outbreak of the First World War meant that he returned almost immediately to the army. He was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general in August[19] and given command of the recently raised 21st Infantry Brigade in the 7th Division;[20] the division was composed of battalions of the Regular Army recalled from overseas service on the outbreak of war and formed into a new division in England.[21]

Watts remained with the brigade until the Battle of Loos in September 1915, when Major-General Thompson Capper, commanding the division, was killed in action and Watts took over as general officer commanding (GOC) of the 7th Division. With the brief exception of a few days in July 1916 as GOC 38th (Welsh) Division - under Watts, the division took its objective, Mametz Wood, though with severe losses - he would remain with the division for the next year and a half.[22]

He later was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant general in February 1917[23] and became GOC of the XIX Corps, which he led for the rest of the war.[24][25] He was awarded the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in February 1915,[26] as well as the French Legion of Honour in 1919.[27]

Watts was regarded by Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, commander-in-chief (C-in-C) of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), as "a plucky hard little man" and "a fine leader" but also "a distinctly stupid man [who] lacks imagination".[28] While his courage and fighting spirit were well-regarded, planning and organisation were left to his divisional staff. His personality impressed regimental officers; he required Territorial Force (TF) officers of the 61st (2nd South Midland) Division to repeat after him in chorus a salutary maxim: “The natural corollary of delegation of authority is intelligent supervision”.[29] Watts had never attended the Staff College, Camberley, spending his earlier career entirely on regimental service.[30]

Watts unveiled the War Memorial at Mitcham in Surrey in 1920.[31]

Family

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In 1896 he married Elizabeth Daly.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Read the eBook The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland .. (Volume ed.59, yr.1919) by Edward Walford online for free (page 374 of 415)". www.ebooksread.com.
  2. ^ "No. 24520". The London Gazette. 9 November 1877. p. 6095.
  3. ^ "No. 24749". The London Gazette. 5 August 1879. p. 4809.
  4. ^ "No. 24834". The London Gazette. 16 April 1880. p. 2556.
  5. ^ "No. 24847". The London Gazette. 25 May 1880. p. 3175.
  6. ^ "No. 25936". The London Gazette. 21 May 1889. p. 2747.
  7. ^ Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. 1921. p. 897.
  8. ^ Hart´s Army list, 1903
  9. ^ "The Army in South Africa - the Coronation contingent". The Times. No. 36791. London. 11 June 1902. p. 14.
  10. ^ "No. 27649". The London Gazette. 23 February 1904. p. 1164.
  11. ^ "No. 27818". The London Gazette. 18 July 1905. p. 4986.
  12. ^ "No. 28113". The London Gazette. 25 February 1908. p. 1318.
  13. ^ "No. 28119". The London Gazette. 13 March 1908. p. 1969.
  14. ^ "No. 28378". The London Gazette. 27 May 1910. p. 3709.
  15. ^ a b "WATTS, Lieut-Gen. Sir Herbert Edward", in Who Was Who (2007). Online edition
  16. ^ "No. 28832". The London Gazette. 19 May 1914. p. 4007.
  17. ^ "No. 28617". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 1912. p. 4298.
  18. ^ "27th Division visited by King".
  19. ^ "No. 28957". The London Gazette. 30 October 1914. p. 8763.
  20. ^ Kennedy, p. 11
  21. ^ Becke (1935) pp. 81–87
  22. ^ "Watts, Sir Herbert Edward, ,K.C.M.G , K.C.B." Kirkpatrick Family Archives. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012.
  23. ^ "No. 29996". The London Gazette. 23 March 1917. p. 2862.
  24. ^ Farr, p. 106
  25. ^ "The Bedfordshire Regiment in the Great War". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  26. ^ "No. 12776". The Edinburgh Gazette. 23 February 1915. p. 307.
  27. ^ "No. 31150". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 January 1919. p. 1445.
  28. ^ Robbins, p. 54
  29. ^ Stacke p. 287
  30. ^ Robbins, p. 37
  31. ^ "Roll of Honour - Surrey - Mitcham". www.roll-of-honour.com.

Sources

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  • Becke, Archibald Frank (1935). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 1: The Regular British Divisions. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. OCLC 929528172.
  • Farr, Don (2007). The Silent General: Horne of the First Army, A Biography of Haig's Trusted Great War Comrade-in-Arms. Helion. ISBN 978-1-874622-99-4.
  • Kennedy, E.J. (1916). With the immortal seventh division. London: Hodder & Stoughton.
  • Stack, Capt H. FitzM. (1921). The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War. Kidderminster: G.T. Cheshire & Sons Ltd. ISBN 978-1843423782.
Military offices
Preceded by GOC 7th Division
1915–1917 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
New post
 GOC XIX Corps
1917−1918 		Succeeded by
Corps disbanded
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