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|name = Richard Wapshare
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|birth_date = January 1860
|birth_place = [[Ooty]], [[Pudukkottai State]], [[British Raj]]
|death_date = 23 December 1932 (aged 72)
|death_place = [[Cheltenham]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
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|serviceyears = 1880 — 1925
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|rank = Lieutenant General
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|commands = [[Bangalore Brigade]] [[6th Poona Divisional Area]] [[9th (Secunderabad) Division]] [[9th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade]]
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*[[East African campaign (World War I)|East African campaign]]
**[[Battle of Tanga]]
**[[Battle of Jassin]]
[[Operations against the Marri and Khetran tribes]] [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]]
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'''Sir Richard Wapshare''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCIE|CB|CSI}} was a British-Indian Lieutenant General who served in [[World War I]] and participated in the [[Battle of Tanga]] and the [[Battle of Jassin]]. He also participated in the [[Operations against the Marri and Khetran tribes]] in 1918.

==Biography==
Richard was born on January 1860 as the final son of William Henry and Emma Elizabeth in [[Ooty]].<ref name="Wapshare">[http://www.wapshare.co.uk/Wapshare_family_history/Sir_Richard.html Richard, the last child of William & Emma]</ref> He began his education in [[German Empire|Germany]] and in February 1880 became a gazetted lieutenant in the [[Royal Marine Light Infantry]], however in November 1882 transferred to the 14th Native Infantry of the [[Bombay Army]].<ref name="Wapshare"/>In 1884 the [[British Indian Army]] officer transferred to the Hyderabad Contingent where he would remain for the rest of his regimental service. After completion of the latter he served in the 4th Cavalry and 3rd Cavalry regiments and participated in the [[Third Anglo-Burmese War]].<ref name="Wapshare"/>

In 1906,he was Assistant Adjutant-General at the Army Headquarters at [[Simla]] and remained there until 1910 when he was assigned to the [[Saugor]] Cavalry School. In 1912 he joined the [[Secunderabad]] Cavalry and later in the year transferred to the [[Bangalore Brigade]].<ref name="Wapshare"/> When [[World War I]] broke out, Wapshare served in the [[East African campaign (World War I)|East African campaign]] as part of the Indian Expeditionary Force. The major general commanded the brigade in the [[Battle of Tanga]], ending in a British defeat.<ref>[https://www.westernfrontassociation.com/world-war-i-articles/the-battle-of-the-bees/ The Battle of the Bees | The Western Front Association]</ref><ref>[https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030001236 Private Papers of Lieutenant General Sir Richard Wapshare KCIE CB CFI | Imperial War Museums]</ref> He was described by [[Richard Meinertzhagen]] as a "dear fatherly old gentleman, kind and considerate" but "he has little military instinct and is nervous of all responsibility, maybe because he is hopelessly ignorant on all subjects connected to his profession."<ref>{{Cite book|title=Kitchener's War: British Strategy from 1914-1916|author=George H. Cassar|publisher=Potomac Books, Inc.|date=2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oBIBGIWinFcC&dq=richard+wapshare&pg=PA42|pages=42|isbn=978-1612344454}}</ref> Wapshare then participated in the [[Battle of Jassin]] only to end in another British defeat.<ref name="Wapshare"/> Later, back in India, he participated in the [[Operations against the Marri and Khetran tribes]] and the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]]<ref>[https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1982-02-31-341 Spin Baldak, 1919 | Online Collection | National Army Museum, London]</ref> and retired in 1925. He died on 23 December 1932 in [[Cheltenham]].<ref name="Wapshare"/>

==References==
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===Further reading===
*[https://dlmenetwork.org/library/catalog/81055%2Fvdc_100000000239.0x000148_dlme 'Despatch by Lieutenant-General R. Wapshare, C.B., C.S.I. on the Organization and Working of the East Persian]

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[[Category:1860 births]]
[[Category:1932 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian Army generals of World War I]]
[[Category:British military personnel of the Third Anglo-Burmese War]]
[[Category:Knights Companion of the Order of the Bath]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Star of India]]
[[Category:British military personnel of the Third Anglo-Afghan War]]
[[Category:People from Ooty]]
[[Category:British Indian Army generals]]
[[Category:Royal Marines officers]]

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