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Sir Kenneth Buchanan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 January 1880 Lanark, Scotland |
| Died | 7 June 1973 (aged 93) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Rank | Major-General |
| Service number | 4776 |
| Commands | 154th Infantry Brigade 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division |
Conflicts | First World War |
| Awards | Knight Bachelor Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order |
Major-General Sir Kenneth Gray Buchanan, CB, CMG, DSO (25 January 1880 – 7 June 1973) was a British Army officer.
Military career
[edit]Buchanan was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Seaforth Highlanders on 20 January 1900.[1] He was promoted to lieutenant on 21 January 1901.[2]
He was seconded for service on the staff in April 1904[3] and made an aide-de-camp to the governor of Victoria, Major General Reginald Talbot.[4] He was again seconded for service on the staff in February 1906[5] and in May was appointed an adjutant.[6]
He was made a staff captain in April 1912.[7]
He saw action on the Western Front during the First World War and was briefly an adjutant of the 8th (Service) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, a Kitchener's Army unit, in September[8] before being appointed as an aide-de-camp in October.[9] He was again made a staff captain in November 1914[10] and yet again in April 1915[11] and finally a brigade major in June, succeeding Archibald Wavell, later a field marshal.[12] He was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in January 1916[13] and on 28 August 1916 was made a general staff officer, grade 2 (GSO2).[14] He was made a brevet lieutenant colonel on 1 January 1917[15] and became general officer commanding (GOC) of the 154th Infantry Brigade, part of the Territorial Force (TF) 51st (Highland) Division, in September 1917 and was made a temporary brigadier general while employed in this role.[16][17] His service in the war also earned him an appointment as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.[18]
Buchanan was appointed as a general staff officer, grade 1 (GSO1), at the Staff College, Camberley, on 1 September 1920.[19] He was promoted in July 1922 to brevet colonel,[20] and in January 1923 to lieutenant colonel,[21] was appointed in February 1923 as a GSO1 at the War Office in London.[22] Placed one more on half-pay on 10 January 1927,[23] he then went on to become a GSO1 at Northern Command in June 1928[24] and commander of the 2nd Infantry Brigade in March 1930, for which he was raised to the temporary rank of brigadier while employed in this role.[17][25]
He was promoted to substantive major general on 5 September 1932 but remained in command of his brigade[26] until 2 December when he relinquished command and was immediately placed on half-pay.[27]
After being appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1934 New Year Honours,[28] he became GOC of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division of the Territorial Army (TA) in March 1934.[29] He held this position for the next four years until relinquishing command in March 1938[30] and retiring from the army in March 1938.[17][31]
He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 1946 New Year Honours for his work as Secretary of the Council of Voluntary War Work during the Second World War.[32]
References
[edit]- ↑ "No. 27155". The London Gazette. 19 January 1900. p. 362.
- ↑ "No. 27301". The London Gazette. 2 April 1901. p. 2292.
- ↑ "No. 27674". The London Gazette. 6 May 1904. p. 2926.
- ↑ "No. 27669". The London Gazette. 22 May 1904. p. 2585.
- ↑ "No. 27907". The London Gazette. 24 April 1906. p. 2798.
- ↑ "No. 27912". The London Gazette. 11 May 1906. p. 3248.
- ↑ "No. 28601". The London Gazette. 23 April 1912. p. 2893.
- ↑ "No. 28918". The London Gazette. 29 September 1914. p. 7685.
- ↑ "No. 28950". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 October 1914. p. 8603.
- ↑ "No. 28994". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 December 1914. p. 10278.
- ↑ "No. 29263". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 August 1915. p. 8106.
- ↑ "No. 29268". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 August 1915. p. 8256.
- ↑ "No. 12894". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 January 1916. p. 89.
- ↑ "No. 29774". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 October 1916. p. 9645.
- ↑ "No. 13033". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 January 1917. p. 16.
- ↑ "No. 30379". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 November 1917. p. 11766.
- 1 2 3 "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ↑ "No. 13375". The Edinburgh Gazette. 2 January 1919. p. 4.
- ↑ "No. 32036". The London Gazette. 31 August 1920. p. 8939.
- ↑ "No. 32725". The London Gazette. 30 June 1922. p. 4924.
- ↑ "No. 32789". The London Gazette. 23 February 1923. p. 528.
- ↑ "No. 33250". The London Gazette. 22 February 1927. p. 1186.
- ↑ "No. 33238". The London Gazette. 11 January 1927. p. 215.
- ↑ "No. 33401". The London Gazette. 6 June 1928. p. 4575.
- ↑ "No. 33592". The London Gazette. 28 March 1930. p. 1963.
- ↑ "No. 33871". The London Gazette. 7 October 1932. p. 6335.
- ↑ "No. 33888". The London Gazette. 2 December 1932. p. 7665.
- ↑ "No. 15032". The Edinburgh Gazette. 5 January 1934. p. 10.
- ↑ "No. 34030". The London Gazette. 6 March 1934. p. 1532.
- ↑ "No. 34488". The London Gazette. 1 March 1938. p. 1349.
- ↑ "No. 34488". The London Gazette. 1 March 1938. p. 1347.
- ↑ "No. 37407". The London Gazette. 28 December 1945. p. 2.
- 1880 births
- 1973 deaths
- Military personnel from South Lanarkshire
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Seaforth Highlanders officers
- British Army generals of World War I
- British Army major generals
- 19th-century British Army personnel
- Knights Bachelor