Hubert Isacke Explained

Hubert Isacke
Birth Date:28 October 1872
Birth Place:Honiton, Devon
Death Date:12 February 1943 (aged 70)
Death Place:Overton, Hampshire
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Rank:Major-General
Branch:British Army
Commands:Garhwal Brigade
17th Indian Infantry Brigade
Kohat District
56th (London) Infantry Division
Battles:Siege of Malakand
Second Boer War
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 Star of India

Major-General Hubert Isacke (28 October 1872 – 12 February 1943) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Educated at The King's School, Canterbury and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Isacke was commissioned into the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment on 14 December 1892, and promoted to lieutenant on 8 August 1894.[1] [2] He was wounded during the Siege of Malakand in 1897.[3] Serving in the 2nd Battalion of his regiment, he was in early 1900 posted to South Africa for service in the Second Boer War.[1] Together with 1030 officers and men of the battalion, he left Southampton on the SS Bavarian in March 1900,[4] and on arriving in South Africa was part of the 17th Brigade, 8th Division. The battalion stayed there until after the end of the war in 1902, and then was posted to Ceylon.[5]

He landed in France with the British Expeditionary Force and then became Director of Staff Duties and Training at Army Headquarters, India in July 1916 during the First World War.[1]

After the war he became commander of Garhwal Brigade in India in January 1920, Commander of the 17th Indian Infantry Brigade in India in September 1920 and General Officer Commanding Kohat District in India in December 1925.[1] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding 56th (London) Infantry Division in June 1927 before retiring in June 1931.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hubert Isacke. Archives Hub. 17 June 2020.
  2. Hart′s Army list, 1900
  3. Web site: Isacke Diaries, 1897 (Part 5): Isacke, H. King's College, London. 17 June 2020.
  4. The War - Embarcation of Troops . 17 March 1900 . 9 . 36092.
  5. Web site: Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment. Regiments.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20051028210353/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/097-1.htm. 9 September 2020. 2005-10-28.
  6. Web site: Army Commands. 17 June 2020.