Cyril Wagstaff Explained

Cyril Wagstaff
Birth Date:5 March 1878
Death Date:21 February 1934
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Branch: British Army
Serviceyears:1897 - 1934
Rank:Major-General
Commands:Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
Battles:First World War
Awards:Companion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire
Distinguished Service Order

Major General Cyril Mosley Wagstaff (5 March 1878 – 21 February 1934) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.

Military career

Educated at the United Services College,[1] Wagstaff was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1897.[2] He served on the North West Frontier of India and in the First World War with the Australian Army[3] and is credited with creating the term ANZAC.[4] He was appointed a General Staff Officer at the War Office in 1925, Commander of the Nowshera Brigade on the North West Frontier of India in 1928 and Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Woolwich in 1930 before his death in 1934.[2]

Family

In 1906 he married Rosabel Thelwall.[5] Following the death of his first wife, he married Marjorie Frances Fry in 1927.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.haileybury.com/medals/india.htm India
  2. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/WAGSTAFF.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  3. http://www.awm.gov.au/research/people/honours_and_awards/person.asp?p=445186 Australian War Memorial
  4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2337211 Coined "ANZAC"
  5. http://thepeerage.com/p31938.htm The Peerage.com