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John Lindley
Born15 September 1860
Died7 April 1925
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
CommandsCavalry School
3rd Cavalry Brigade
Welsh Division
Battles / warsSecond Boer War
First World War

Major-General the Hon. John Edward Lindley (15 September 1860 – 7 April 1925) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Born the son of Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley and Sarah Katherine Teale,[1] Lindley was commissioned into the South Staffordshire Regiment but transferred to the 1st The Royal Dragoons on 19 November 1881.[2] After serving in the Second Boer War, he became Adjutant-General at Northern Command in 1903, Commandant of the Cavalry School in 1905 and commander of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade in 1907.[3] He went on to become General Officer Commanding the Welsh Division in October 1914.[4] He landed with his division at Suvla Bay on 6 August 1915 during the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War, in which action his division suffered significant losses: he voluntarily handed over his command, saying that he had "lost control", on 16 August 1915.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Lindley, Baron (UK, 1900 - 1921)". Cracrofts Peerage. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  2. ^ "No. 25039". The London Gazette. 18 November 1881. p. 5617.
  3. ^ a b "Who's Who". Gallipoli Association. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
Military offices
Preceded by GOC Welsh Division
1914–1915
Succeeded by