| 词条 | Webb Gillman |
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|name= Sir Webb Gillman |image= Webbgillman.jpg |image_size= |alt= |caption= Lieutenant Webb Gillman c.1896 |birth_date= {{birth date|1870|10|26|df=yes}} |death_date= {{Death date and age|1933|04|20|1870|10|26|df=yes}} |birth_place= Coachford, Ireland |death_place= London, England |placeofburial= |nickname= |allegiance= {{flag|United Kingdom}} |branch= {{army|United Kingdom}} |serviceyears= 1889–1933 |rank= General |servicenumber= |unit= |commands= Eastern Command Royal Military Academy, Woolwich 17th Indian Division |battles= Second Boer War
First World War
|awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches (11) |relations= |laterwork= }} General Sir Webb Gillman, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|size=100%|KCB|KCMG|DSO}} (26 October 1870 – 20 April 1933) was a British Army general during the First World War. Military careerEducated at Dulwich College, Gillman was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery in July 1889.[1] He was promoted to lieutenant on 27 July 1892, and to captain (supernumerary to the establishment) on 9 October 1899. He served in the Second Boer War 1899-1900, where he took part in the Relief of Kimberley, and the following battles of Paardeberg (late February 1900), Poplar Grove, and Driefontein (March 1900).[2] In late 1901 he was in Southern Nigeria, where he was attached as a staff officer to the columns taking part in the Aro-Anglo war (November 1901 to March 1902), for which he was mentioned in despatches by the offer in command as an "invaluable officer, cool and full of energy".[3] He was also appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for services during the war.[4] In May 1902 he received a regular appointment as captain of the 119 Battery of the Field Artillery.[5] He later spent time in Southern Nigeria in 1902.[1] He served in the First World War as a General Staff Officer in 13th Division and then as a brigadier with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force sent to Gallipoli in 1915.[1] He was then a major general with the British Salonika Force from 1916 to 1917 before becoming commander of 17th Indian Division in August 1917.[1] He became Chief of General Staff for the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force later on in 1917.[1] After the war he became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich in 1920, Inspector of Artillery at the War Office in 1924 and Master-General of the Ordnance in 1927.[1] In 1927 he spent three months in Singapore assessing the defence capability of the Naval Base there.[6] Finally he was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Eastern Command in 1931; he died in office in 1933.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Geoffrey White}}{{s-ttl|title=Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Woolwich|years=1920–1924}}{{s-aft|after=Ronald Charles}}2. ^Hart´s Army list, 1903 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue= 27473|date=12 September 1902 |pages=5879-5886}} 4. ^{{London Gazette|issue= 27473|date=12 September 1902 |page=5887}} 5. ^{{London Gazette |issue= 27444 |page=4051 |date= 20 June 1902 }} 6. ^Gillman Village |-{{s-bef|before=Sir Noel Birch}}{{s-ttl|title=Master-General of the Ordnance|years=1927–1931}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Ronald Charles}} |-{{s-bef|before=Sir Robert Whigham}}{{s-ttl|title=GOC-in-C Eastern Command|years=1931–1933}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Cyril Deverell}} |-{{s-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Gillman, Webb}} 15 : 1870 births|1933 deaths|British Army generals of World War I|British Army personnel of the Second Boer War|Commandants of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich|Commanders of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus|Commanders of the Order of the White Eagle (Serbia)|Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur|Companions of the Distinguished Service Order|Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath|People educated at Dulwich College|People from County Cork|Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 2nd class|Royal Artillery officers |
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