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{{short description|British army general (1853 - 1938)}}
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Brigadier General '''Philip Thomas Buston''' {{post-nominals|DSO|CB}} was a career officer of the Royal Engineers in the British Army, serving in India and South Africa during his long career.{{Infobox military person
| name = Philip Thomas Buston
| image = Phillip_Thomas_Buston.jpg
| caption = Buston as a young Lieutenant
| birth_date = {{birth year|1853}}
| death_date = 21 June {{death year and age|1938|1853}}
| birth_place = [[Twyford, Hampshire]], United Kingdom
| death_place = [[Whitchurch, Shropshire]], [[Shropshire]]
| allegiance = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom
| branch = [[File:Flag of the British Army.svg|23px]] [[British Army]]
| serviceyears = 12 September 1872 - 16 February 1910
| rank = [[Brigadier General]]
| unit = [[Royal Engineers]]
| battles = [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]]
[[Hazara Expedition of 1891]]
[[Second Boer War]]
| awards = [[Distinguished Service Order]]
[[The Most Honourable Order of the Bath]]
| spouse =
| children =
| imagesize =
}}

== Early life ==
Philip Buston was born in 1853 in [[Twyford, Hampshire]], to the Reverend Roger Buston and his wife Anne Mary Buston. He lived his childhood years in Vicarage House, Twyford with his parents and siblings.

== Military service ==
Buston was temporarily commissioned as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|Lieutenant]] {{Circa|12 September 1872}}, and on 28 September 1875 it was declared that his Commission among others would be made permanent, with pay backdated to the aforementioned date.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The London Gazette Publication date: 28 September 1875, Issue:24249, Page:4645|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24249/page/4645|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> The India Office and Burma Office List of 1877 accordingly has him listed as a Lieutenant attached to the Sappers and Miners of the Royal Engineers from 12 September 1872.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=aysbAQAAIAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PP1|title=The India Office and Burma Office List|date=1877|language=en}}</ref>

=== Second Anglo-Afghan War ===
He took part in the Second Anglo-Afghan War as part of the 7th Company of Sappers and Miners under the command of then-Brigadier General [[Thomas Durand Baker]], and on 4 May 1880 he was mentioned in Despatches by then-Lieutenant-General [[Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts|Sir Frederick Roberts]], on the advisement of Brigadier-General Baker.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=4 May 1880|title=The London Gazette Publication date: 4 May 1880, Issue:24841, Page:2845|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24841/page/2845|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

As of 12 September 1884 Buston was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=9 September 1884|title=The London Gazette Publication date: 9 September 1884, Issue:25394, Page:4039|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25394/page/4039|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

On 10 April 1889 he was promoted to [[Brevet (military)|Brevet]] [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=12 April 1889|title=The London Gazette Publication date: 12 April 1889, Issue:25923, Page:2099|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25923/page/2099|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> and then to full Major rank on 26 January 1892.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The London Gazette Publication date: 26 January 1892, Issue:26250, Page:425|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26250/page/425|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

=== Hazara Expedition ===
Buston was a part of the Hazara Expedition of 1891, and is mentioned again in Despatches written on 28 August 1891 by then-Major-General [[William Elles]] in regards to the operations of the Hazara Field Force, this time in some more detail, and with heavy praise - "''The pontoon section of the Bengal Sappers and Miners was commanded by Major P. T. Buston, Royal Engineers, and it was entirely due to this officer's indomitable energy and perseverance that the standing and flying bridges were established exactly when required. It was no light task to bring up the heavy boats from [[Attock]] through shallows and over rapids, dangerous in many places, with very little loss of material and no loss of life, and his successful accomplishment of the task is worthy of all praise. The movements and communications of the force were entirely dependent on its constructive capacity in roadmaking''.".<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=20 October 1891|title=The London Gazette Publication date: 20 October 1891, Issue:26215, Page:5459|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26215/page/5459|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

On 1 October 1899 Buston was further promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=3 October 1899|title=The London Gazette Publication date: 3 October 1899, Issue:27122, Page:6007|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27122/page/6007|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

=== Second Boer War ===
In a letter dated 16 April 1901, Buston was once again mentioned in Despatches for a second time by the now Earl Roberts for meritorious service,<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The London Gazette Publication date:16 April 1901, Issue:27305, Page:2605|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27305/page/2605|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> and was further awarded the Distinguished Service Order on 19 April 1901.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The London Gazette Publication date: 19 April 1901, Issue:27306, Page:2699|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27306/page/2699|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Page 106 - The-VC-and-DSO-Volume-II|url=http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Biographical/library/The-VC-and-DSO-Volume-II/files/assets/basic-html/page106.html|access-date=2021-02-13|website=lib.militaryarchive.co.uk}}</ref>

=== Early 1900s ===
Following the Second Boer War, Buston was at some point between 1901 and 1904 made Brevet Colonel, and was placed on to half pay on 20 September 1904 following five years service as a regimental Lieutenant Colonel.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=20 September 1904|title=The London Gazette Publication date: 20 September 1904, Issue:27715, Page:6045|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27715/page/6045|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> This did not last long, however, as on 21 August 1905 Buston was brought off half pay, made a Chief Engineer at [[Aldershot Command]] and granted the full rank of Colonel in the Army.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=25 August 1905|title=The London Gazette Publication date: 25 August 1905, Issue:27830, Page:5841|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27830/page/5841|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> Further honours were given on 29 June 1906, when Buston was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath,<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=26 June 1906|title=The London Gazette Publication date: 26 June 1906, Supplement: 27926, Page: 4460|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27926/supplement/4460|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> and on 5 October 1907, when he was made a temporary Brigadier-General for as long as he held the position of Chief Engineer.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=4 October 1907|title=The London Gazette Publication date: 4 October 1907, Issue:28066, Page:6668|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28066/page/6668|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> This position and temporary rank lasted until 21 August 1909,<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=27 August 1909|title=The London Gazette Publication date: 27 August 1909, Issue:28283, Page:6530|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28283/page/6530|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> after which he was put on to the half-pay list,<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=17 September 1909|title=The London Gazette Publication date: 17 September 1909, Issue:28289, Page:6963|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28289/page/6963|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> and then on to the retired pay list on 16 February 1910.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=15 February 1910|title=The London Gazette Publication date: 15 February 1910, Issue:28339, Page:1127|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28339/page/1127|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

== Retired life ==
Two years after he retired, Buston was given an honorary promotion restoring his previously temporary rank of Brigadier General.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=23 August 1912|title=The London Gazette Publication date: 23 August 1912, Issue:28638, Page:6287|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28638/page/6287|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

In 1915, during the [[World War I|First World War]], Buston was involved in the opening and running of a [[Voluntary Aid Detachment]] hospital at Broughall Cottage, Whitchurch,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-12-04|title=Broughall Cottage V.A.D. Hospital|url=http://thegreatwar.whitchurch-shropshire.co.uk/broughall-cottage-v-d-hospital/|access-date=2020-06-16|website=The Great War History Hub|language=en-US}}</ref> and is mentioned by the War Office on 12 February 1918 in the London Gazette as having provided "very valuable" services during the course of the war.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=8 February 1918|title=The London Gazette Publication date: 8 February 1918, Supplement:30521, Page:1933|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30521/supplement/1933|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

Buston died on 21 June 1938, having resided at Tilstock Lodge, Tilstock, Whitchurch for his final years.

== References ==
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[[Category:1853 births]]
[[Category:1938 deaths]]
[[Category:Bengal Sappers and Miners personnel]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath]]
[[Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order]]
[[Category:British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Afghan War]]
[[Category:British Army brigadiers]]
[[Category:People from the City of Winchester]]
[[Category:Royal Engineers officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of the Second Boer War]]
[[Category:Brigadier generals]]

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