William Henry Rodes Green

Sir William Green
Born 1823
Died 1912
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  British Indian Army
Rank Major-General
Battles/wars Crimean War
Second Anglo-Afghan War
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India, Companion of the Order of the Bath

Major-General Sir William Henry Rodes Green (1823 - 1912) KCSI CB was a British Indian Army officer and colonial official.

Green was the son of Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Green. He attended the Addiscombe Military Seminary and commissioned into the Scinde Horse of the East India Company. During the Crimean War, Green was seconded to the Ottoman Empire to train Turkish Irregular Cavalry forces.[1] He was promoted to Major in May 1855. For his work in Turkey he was invested as a member of the Order of the Medjidie, in which he was subsequently promoted several times.[2] He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in March 1868,[3] having transferred to the Bombay Staff Corps.[4] On 24 May 1866 he was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India in recognition of his service as Political Superintendent in Upper Scinde.[5][6] In 1875 he was promoted to the rank of Major-General in the Staff Corps.[7] He saw service in the Second Anglo-Afghan War and wrote a book regarding the Battle of Kandahar, which was published in 1881.[8]

He married Louisa Dunn, daughter of John Henry Dunn. His son was the British Army officer, Henry Green.

References

  1. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 6492. p. 563. 1 May 1855. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 24605. p. 4154. 16 July 1878. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  3. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 7832. p. 296. 13 March 1868. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 22816. p. 554. 5 February 1864. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  5. ↑ The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of All the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of Knights Bachelors (Vol. 1). London: Forgotten Books. (Original work published 1906), p.317.
  6. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 7645. p. 656. 29 May 1866. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  7. ↑ Morgan, Henry J. (2013). Types of Canadian Women and of Women Who Are or Have Been Connected With Canada (Vol. 1). London: Forgotten Books. (Original work published 1903), p.138.
  8. ↑ W. Green, The Retention of Kandahar (E. Stanford, 1881).
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