Ralph Husey

Brigadier-General

Ralph Husey

DSO* MC
Brigadier-General; Ralph Husey; DSO* MC
Born	25 November 1881
Died	30 May 1918 (aged 36); Le Thour, France
Buried	Vendresse British Cemetery
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Service years	1901–1918
Rank	Brigadier-General
Commands	1/London Rifle Brigade; 169th Infantry Brigade; 167th Infantry Brigade; 25th Infantry Brigade
Conflicts	First World War Second Battle of Ypres (WIA); Battle of the Somme Attack on the Gommecourt Salient; Battle of Ginchy; Battle of Flers–Courcelette; ; Third Battle of Ypres Battle of Polygon Wood (WIA); ; German spring offensive Operation Michael; Third Battle of the Aisne (POW) (DOW); ; ;
Awards	Mentioned in Despatches × 4; Order of Prince Danilo I (Montenegro)
Education	Marlborough College

Brigadier-General Ralph Hamer Husey DSO* MC (25 November 1881 – 30 May 1918) was a British Army officer who was killed during the First World War.

Husey died in a German field hospital in Le Thour, France, in May 1918. He had been in command of the 25th Brigade.

References

Davis, Frank; Maddocks, Graham (1995). Bloody Red Tabs - General Officer Casualties of the Great War, 1914-1918. London: Leo Cooper, pp. 75–76.