H.C. Wylly

Harold Carmichael Wylly, CB (18 January 1858 – 3 September 1932) was a British Army colonel and military historian.^[1][2]

Wylly was born in Meerut in the North West Province of British India, the son of E. M. Wylly, a judge in the High Court of Agra. He was educated at Henley Grammar School, Wimbledon School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, before embarking on a career as an army officer, serving first with the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot, which in 1881 was merged into the Sherwood Foresters, of which he eventually commanded the 1st Battalion. He served in the Anglo-Egyptian War (1882), the Sikkim Expedition (1888), the Tirah Campaign (1897–1898), and the South African War (Second Boer War, 1899-1902) where he was mentioned in despatches and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath.

From 1907 Wylly published works on military topics, including in 1908 a biography of Sir Joseph Thackwell. In 1913, in the buildup to the First World War, Wylly became editor of RUSI Journal, the journal of the Royal United Services Institute, a position he held until 1923. Many of his later works dealt with the First World War.

In 1929 he was awarded the Chesney Gold Medal, the highest award of the Royal United Services Institute.^[1][3]

Works

• Davis, John, and H. C. Wylly (1895) The History of the Second, Queen's Royal Regiment, Now the Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment: From 1715 to 1799. (R.Bentley & son).
• Davis, John; Wylly, Harold Carmichael; Foster, R. C. G. (1906). The History of the Second Queen's Royal Regiment. Vol. 5. R. Bentley & Son. 
• Wylly, Col H.C. (1908). The Military Memoirs of Lieut.-General Sir Joseph Thackwell: Based on diaries and correspondence (online Text). John Murray, London. 

• Wylly, Col H.C. (1912). "From the Black Mountain to Waziristan". London, Macmillan. 
• Wylly, Col H.C. (1914). XVth (the King's) Hussars 1759 to 1913. Caxton. 
• Wylly, Col H.C. (1924). The Border regiment in the great war. Gale & Polden. 
• Wylly, Col H.C. (1926). History of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Vol I, from 1755 to 1914. P. Lund, Humphries & Co. 
• Wylly, Col H.C. (1929). History of the 5th Battalion, 13th Frontier Forces Rifles, 1849-1926. Gale and Polden. 
• H.C. Wylly (1930). The History of Coke's Rifles. Gale & Polden. 
• Wylly, Col H.C. Neill's Blue Caps. 3: 1914 – 1922. Uckfield: Naval & Military Press. ISBN 1845744098. 
• Neill's 'Blue Caps Vol I & II 1826-1914
• History of the Queen's Royal Regiment, Gale & Polden 1925.^[4]

References

• ""Wylly, H. C. (Harold Carmichael), 1858-1932"". Archive.org. 
• "Wylly, H. C. (83 works)". WorldCat.org.