Harry Pritchard
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Harry Pritchard
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| Born | 16 November 1871 |
| Died | 14 May 1953 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |
 British Army |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands held | Malaya Command |
| Battles/wars | Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War Mahdist War World War I |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order |
Major-General Harry Lionel Pritchard CB CMG DSO (16 November 1871 – 14 May 1953) was General Officer Commanding Malaya Command.
Military career
Educated at Charterhouse School,[1] Pritchard was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1891.[2] He took part in the Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War in 1895 and was then transferred to the Egyptian Army in 1896 taking part in the Siege of Khartoum the following year.[2] He was awarded the DSO for service in the Sudan.[3]
He served in the Second Boer War in 1899 and then became a Deputy Assistant Director at the War Office in 1904 before becoming Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General in India in 1907.[2]
He served in World War I initially in France and Belgium and then in Egypt before being made Chief Engineer for Middle East Forces in 1916.[2] He was severely wounded in 1917.[4]
After the War he was appointed Chief Engineer at Northern Command in 1921 and then Assistant Director for Fortifications and Works at the War Office in 1923.[2] In 1926 he was appointed Chief Engineer for Eastern Command and in 1929 he became General Officer Commanding Malaya Command.[2] His final appointment was as Commandant of the Royal School of Military Engineering at Chatham in 1931; he retired in 1933.[2]
Bibliography
References
- ↑ Charterhouse Register 1872-1900
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ↑ Spink Medal Newsletter February 2005
- ↑ Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria Spink Auction, 28 April 2005
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| Preceded by | GOC Malaya Command 1929–1931 |
Succeeded by Sir Louis Oldfield |
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- 1871 births
- People educated at Charterhouse School
- 1953 deaths
- Royal Engineers officers
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- British Army generals
- British military personnel of the Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War
- British Army personnel of the Mahdist War
