Percy Scarlett

Hon. Percy Gerald Scarlett
Born 10 April 1885
Died October 5, 1957(1957-10-05) (aged 72)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Major-General
Unit Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Commands held 12th Infantry Brigade
4th Indian Infantry Division
Battles/wars First World War
Second World War
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath, Military Cross, Mentioned in Dispatches

Major-General Hon. Percy Gerald Scarlett CB MC DL (10 April 1885–5 October 1957) was a senior British Army officer.

Early life

Scarlett was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Leopold James Yorke Campbell Scarlett and Bessie Florence Gibson, and the great-grandson of James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger.[1] He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire. Three of his brothers succeeded to the Abinger Barony, and in 1904 Scarlett was granted the style and precedence of the younger son of a baron by Royal Warrant.[1]

Military career

He attend the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) in 1907.[2] He fought in the First World War,[3] during which he was Mentioned in Dispatches. He was awarded the Military Cross. Promoted to brevet lieutenant-colonel he was in the service of the Shanghai Defence Force from 1927 to 1928.[2] Promoted to brigadier, he served as commander of the 12th Infantry Brigade and Deputy Constable of Dover Castle between 1936 and 1938.[2] Promoted to major-general he was General Officer Commanding the Deccan District in India in 1938.[2] He saw service in the Second World War and was General Officer Commanding the Indian 4th Infantry Division from 1939 to 1940.[2] He became Director of Mobilization in 1940 and was Deputy Adjutant-General between 1940 and 1942.[2] Scarlett was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1941[4] and held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Kent in 1949.[5] Between 1943 and 1953 he was the Colonel of the Buffs.[2] He was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1952.

Marriage

He married Margaret Macdonald Humphreys, daughter of Thomas Humphreys, on 21 November 1928. They had no children.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Abinger, Baron (UK)". Cracroft's Peerage: The Complete Guide to the British Peerage & Baronetage. 1835. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Percy Scarlett". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Simon Robbins, British Generalship on the Western Front 1914-1918: Defeat Into Victory (Routledge, 17 Dec 2004), 42.
  4. ↑ "No. 35029". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1941. p. 3.
  5. ↑ "No. 38789". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 December 1949. p. 6036.
  6. ↑ "Margaret Macdonald Humphreys". The Peerage.com (entry #1336). Retrieved 3 November 2014.
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