Leslie Rundle
| Sir Leslie Rundle | |
|---|---|
 Rundle in 1916 | |
| Born |
6 January 1856 Newton Abbot, Devon[1] |
| Died | 19 November 1934 |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held |
5th Division Northern Command Eastern Command |
| Battles/wars |
Second Boer War World War I |
| Awards |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Distinguished Service Order |
Military career
Born in Newton Abbot, Devon,[2] to Captain Joseph Sparkhall Rundle, Royal Navy and his wife Renira Cathrine (née Leslie, who was daughter of Commander W. W. Leslie of the Royal Navy), Leslie Rundle was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1876.[3] He fought in the Zulu War in 1879, the First Boer War of 1881 and the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882.[3] He was involved in the Nile expedition between 1884 and 1885 and served in the Sudan Frontier Field Force from 1885 to 1887.[3] He went to the Sudan Frontier in 1889 and was involved in the Khartoum expedition in 1898.[3] He led a column up the Blue Nile to relieve Gedaref that year.[4]
He was appointed Deputy Adjutant General in 1899 and then Divisional Commander at Aldershot in 1900.[3] He commanded the 8th Division of the South African Field Force during the Second Boer War of 1900 to 1902,[3] for which he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George 29 November 1900.[5] He went on to command 5th Division from 1902.[6]
He became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Northern Command in 1905 and Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta in 1909.[3] He went on to be General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Command in 1915 and retired in 1916.[3]
Family
He married in 1887 Eleanor Georgina Campbell, daughter of Captain H. J. M. Campbell, Royal Artillery, but they had no children.[7][8]
References
- ↑ Faces & facts
- ↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ↑ Leslie Rundle at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27306. p. 2698. 19 April 1901.
- ↑ Army Commands
- ↑ Who´s Who
- ↑ Obituary: General Sir Leslie Rundle The Argus, 21 November 1934
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by New Post |
GOC-in-C Northern Command 1905–1907 |
Succeeded by Sir Laurence Oliphant |
| Government offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Henry Grant |
Governor of Malta 1909–1915 |
Succeeded by Lord Methuen |
| Military offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Charles Woollcombe |
GOC-in-C Eastern Command 1915–1916 |
Succeeded by Sir James Wolfe-Murray |
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