Lovick Friend
Sir Lovick Friend
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Sir Lovick Friend
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Born | 25 April 1856 |
Died | 19 November 1944 (aged 88) |
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Rank | Major-General |
Commands held | Ireland |
Battles/wars | Mahdist War World War I |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Major General Sir Lovick Bransby Friend KBE, CB, PC (25 April 1856 – 19 November 1944) was a British Army major general and cricketer.
Early life
Friend was born at Halfway Street (Sidcup), Kent, and educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military Academy Woolwich.[1]
Military career
Friend was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1873.[2]
He was a right-handed batsman[3] and occasional wicket-keeper who played for both Kent County Cricket Club and the Marylebone Cricket Club:[4] he also played football and played in goal for the Royal Engineers in the 1878 FA Cup Final.[5]
In 1883 he became an Instructor at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and in 1885 he was made Secretary of the Royal Engineers Experimental Committee.[2]
He fought at the Battle of Omdurman in Sudan 1898 and was then the Director of Works and Stores for the Egyptian Army from 1900.[2]
He was appointed Assistant Director of Fortification Works in 1906 and Commander of Scottish Coast Defences in 1908.[2]
He was appointed Major-General in charge of Administration at Irish Command in 1912 and Commander-in-Chief, Ireland in 1914:[2] he was replaced following the Easter Rising in 1916.[2] From 1916 until retirement in 1920 he was President of the Claims Commission British Armies in France.[1]
He died on 19 November 1944.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ↑ cricinfo profile
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 cricketarchive profile
- ↑ Sporting Chronicle
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Preceded by | Commander-in-Chief, Ireland 1914–1916 |
Succeeded by John Maxwell |
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