Peter Strickland (British Army officer)

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Sir Peter Strickland
Lt. Gen. Sir Peter Strickland
Born	3 August 1869 Snitterfield, Warwickshire
Died	24 June 1951 Snettisham, Norfolk
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1888-1931
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Commands held	North Nigeria Regiment 1st Bn the Manchester Regiment Jullundur brigade 98th Brigade 1st Infantry Division Western Division of the British Army of the Rhine 6th Division 2nd Division British Troops in Egypt
Battles/wars	Mahdist War World War I Irish War of Independence
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order

Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Peter Strickland KCB KBE CMG DSO (3 August 1869 - 24 June 1951) was a British Army officer who commanded 1st Infantry Division during World War I.

Military career

Educated at Warwick School,^[1] Strickland was commissioned into the Norfolk Regiment in 1888 and served in Upper Burma in 1888/1889, on the Dongola expedition in 1896^[2] and fighting at the Battle of Atbara and the Battle of Omdurman in 1898.^[1] He served in North Nigeria from 1906 and commanded the North Nigeria Regiment in 1909.^[2] He served in World War I as Commanding Officer of 1st Bn the Manchester Regiment from 1914 and as Commander of the Jullundur brigade from early 1915 leading it at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle and at the Second Battle of Ypres.^[1] He continued his war service as Commander of the 98th Brigade from late 1915 and then as General Officer Commanding 1st Infantry Division on the Western Front from 1916 until the end of the War leading it at the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Lys.^[2]

After the War he became Commander of the Western Division of the British Army of the Rhine^[1] and then General Officer Commanding 6th Division in Ireland^[2] in which role he survived an assassination attempt by the Irish Republican Army in Cork in September 1920 before assuming the additional responsibilities of military governor for the counties of Munster, Kilkenny and Wexford in January 1921.^[1] He was appointed General Officer Commanding 2nd Division in 1923 and General Officer Commanding the British Troops in Egypt in 1927 before retiring in 1931.^[2]

Family

In 1918 he married Barbara Cresswell (née Ffolkes); they had a daughter, and there were two daughters from his wife's previous marriage. Barbara Strickland was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1923.^[1]

Honours

DSO: Distinguished Service Order - 1899
CMG: Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George - 1913
KCB: Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath (Companion (CB) 1917)
KBE: Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Third class, Order of Medjidie - 1902 - in recognition of valuable services rendered to Hs Highness the Khedive of Egypt^[3]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 Peter Strickland at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
1 2 3 4 5 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
↑ The London Gazette: no. 27415. p. 1727. 11 March 1902.

Military offices
Preceded by Arthur Holland	General Officer Commanding the 1st Infantry Division 1916–1919	Succeeded by Guy Bainbridge
Preceded by Thomas Marden	General Officer Commanding the 6th Division 1919–1922	Succeeded by Post Disbanded
Preceded by Richard Butler	General Officer Commanding the 2nd Division 1923–1926	Succeeded by Edmund Ironside
Preceded by Sir Richard Haking	General Officer Commanding the British Troops in Egypt 1927–1931	Succeeded by Sir John Burnett-Stuart

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