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==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Henry Cecil Prescott was born in Cheshire on 1 March 1882, the son of Arthur Edward Prescott (who had died at the time of the 1891 census) and Kathleen Ann Augusta Prescott.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ancestry.co.uk|title=Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records at Ancestry.co.uk|work=ancestry.co.uk|accessdate=3 July | Henry Cecil Prescott was born in Cheshire on 1 March 1882, the son of Arthur Edward Prescott (who had died at the time of the 1891 census) and Kathleen Ann Augusta Prescott.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ancestry.co.uk|title=Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records at Ancestry.co.uk|work=ancestry.co.uk|accessdate=3 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Ranieval |first=The Marquis of Ruvigny and |title=[[The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal]]: The Mortimer-Percy Volume|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=uOHHuwI8tD4C&pg=PA89 89]|date=1 May 2013|publisher=Heritage Books|isbn=978-0-7884-1872-3}}</ref> He was educated at [[Bedford Modern School]].<ref name="WW1935" /> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Prescott was commissioned in the 3rd ([[Militia (United Kingdom)|Militia]]) Battalion of the [[Royal Welsh Fusiliers]], and served as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in the [[Second Boer War]] (1901–02), for which he received the [[Queen's South Africa Medal|Queen's Medal]] with five [[Medal bar|clasps]].<ref name="WW1935" /> While in South Africa, he received a commission in a regular regiment when he was appointed [[second lieutenant]] in [[The South Wales Borderers]] on 30 April 1902.<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=27429 |pages=2862–2863 |date=29 April 1902}}</ref> He stayed there for several months after the end of hostilities, returning home again on the SS ''Norman'' in late December 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Army in South Africa - Troops returning Home|date=25 December 1902 |page=6 |issue=36960}}</ref> In 1903 he transferred to the [[Indian Army]] in the 69th Punjabis<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mocavo.co.uk/Harts-Annual-Army-List-Militia-List-and-Imperial-Yeomanry-List-1907/994676/823|title=Harts Annual Army List, Militia List, and Imperial Yeomanry List, 1907|work=Mocavo|accessdate=3 July | Prescott was commissioned in the 3rd ([[Militia (United Kingdom)|Militia]]) Battalion of the [[Royal Welsh Fusiliers]], and served as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in the [[Second Boer War]] (1901–02), for which he received the [[Queen's South Africa Medal|Queen's Medal]] with five [[Medal bar|clasps]].<ref name="WW1935" /> While in South Africa, he received a commission in a regular regiment when he was appointed [[second lieutenant]] in [[The South Wales Borderers]] on 30 April 1902.<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=27429 |pages=2862–2863 |date=29 April 1902}}</ref> He stayed there for several months after the end of hostilities, returning home again on the SS ''Norman'' in late December 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Army in South Africa - Troops returning Home|date=25 December 1902 |page=6 |issue=36960}}</ref> In 1903 he transferred to the [[Indian Army]] in the 69th Punjabis<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mocavo.co.uk/Harts-Annual-Army-List-Militia-List-and-Imperial-Yeomanry-List-1907/994676/823|title=Harts Annual Army List, Militia List, and Imperial Yeomanry List, 1907|work=Mocavo|accessdate=3 July 2015}}</ref> until his appointment as Assistant Superintendent in the [[Myanmar Police Force|Burma Police]] in January 1908.<ref name="google.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zVkKAAAAIAAJ&q=henry+cecil+prescott+iraq|title=The India Office and Burma Office List|work=google.co.uk|year=1928|accessdate=3 July 2015}}</ref> In December 1910 he was made District Superintendent of three districts in [[Burma]].<ref name="google.co.uk"/> | ||
At the outbreak of [[World War I]], Prescott rejoined the [[Indian Army]]; he was promoted Major in August 1916.<ref name="dnw.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/catalogue-archive/lot.php?auction_id=70&lot_id=46250|title=Lot 984, Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to incl... (2 March 2005) – Dix Noonan Webb|work=dnw.co.uk|accessdate=3 July | At the outbreak of [[World War I]], Prescott rejoined the [[Indian Army]]; he was promoted Major in August 1916.<ref name="dnw.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/catalogue-archive/lot.php?auction_id=70&lot_id=46250|title=Lot 984, Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to incl... (2 March 2005) – Dix Noonan Webb|work=dnw.co.uk|accessdate=3 July 2015}}</ref> In June 1917 he was appointed Deputy Commissioner of the [[Iraq Police]] firstly in [[Basra]] and then in [[Baghdad]].<ref name="dnw.co.uk"/> In 1918 he was made Commissioner.<ref name="dnw.co.uk"/> In 1920, Prescott was made Inspector-General of the [[Iraq Police]] until his resignation in 1935.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U241967|title=PRESCOTT, Henry Cecil (1882–1960), Chief of Police, retired, Southern Railway; Indian Army, retired, 1928|work=oup.com|date=December 2007|accessdate=3 July 2015}}</ref> In a statement of service, he later wrote, ‘If it had not been for the seizing of power by the opposition (many of the leaders of whom I had arrested and placed in prison for the safety of the country) I should have remained in command for some years longer’.<ref name="dnw.co.uk"/> | ||
Prescott was later made Chief of Police of the Southern Railway in [[India]] for 12 years until his retirement in 1947.<ref name="auto"/> | Prescott was later made Chief of Police of the Southern Railway in [[India]] for 12 years until his retirement in 1947.<ref name="auto"/> | ||
==Awards and honours== | ==Awards and honours== | ||
During [[World War I]] he was [[Mentioned in dispatches|mentioned in despatches]] and made a Companion of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] (CIE) in 1919.<ref name="WW1935" /> In 1926 he was made a Companion of the [[Order of St Michael and St George]] (CMG), and towards the end of his service in [[Iraq]] he received the [[Order of the Two Rivers]] 2nd Class.<ref name="WW1935" /> A collection of his medals were sold at auction on 2 March 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/catalogue-archive/lot.php?auction_id=70&lot_id=46250|title=Lot 984, Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to incl... (2 March 2005) – Dix Noonan Webb|work=dnw.co.uk|accessdate=29 January | During [[World War I]] he was [[Mentioned in dispatches|mentioned in despatches]] and made a Companion of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] (CIE) in 1919.<ref name="WW1935" /> In 1926 he was made a Companion of the [[Order of St Michael and St George]] (CMG), and towards the end of his service in [[Iraq]] he received the [[Order of the Two Rivers]] 2nd Class.<ref name="WW1935" /> A collection of his medals were sold at auction on 2 March 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/catalogue-archive/lot.php?auction_id=70&lot_id=46250|title=Lot 984, Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to incl... (2 March 2005) – Dix Noonan Webb|work=dnw.co.uk|accessdate=29 January 2015}}</ref> | ||
==Family life== | ==Family life== | ||
A keen [[polo]] player, Prescott was in the championship team of [[Iraq]] for 1933, 1934 and 1935.<ref name="dnw.co.uk"/> He married Mary Augusta, daughter of Edward Chisholm.<ref name="auto"/> They had two sons, one of whom was killed on active service in 1939.<ref name="auto"/> Prescott eventually retired to [[Saint Peter, Jersey|St. Peter's, Jersey]] where he died on 3 August 1960.<ref name="dnw.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://remote.jerseyheritage.org/Details/archive/110164802|title=Jersey Heritage – Details|work=jerseyheritage.org|accessdate=3 July | A keen [[polo]] player, Prescott was in the championship team of [[Iraq]] for 1933, 1934 and 1935.<ref name="dnw.co.uk"/> He married Mary Augusta, daughter of Edward Chisholm.<ref name="auto"/> They had two sons, one of whom was killed on active service in 1939.<ref name="auto"/> Prescott eventually retired to [[Saint Peter, Jersey|St. Peter's, Jersey]] where he died on 3 August 1960.<ref name="dnw.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://remote.jerseyheritage.org/Details/archive/110164802|title=Jersey Heritage – Details|work=jerseyheritage.org|accessdate=3 July 2015}}</ref><ref>''Who Was Who'', Published by A&C Black Limited, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 03:46, 24 December 2022
Henry Cecil Prescott | |
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| Born | 1 March 1882 Cheshire, England |
| Died | 3 August 1960 (aged 78) Saint Peter, Jersey |
| Allegiance | Error creating thumbnail: File missing United Kingdom |
| Service/ | Error creating thumbnail: File missing British Army Error creating thumbnail: File missing British India |
| Years of service | 1900–28 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| Battles/wars | South African War World War I |
| Awards | CMG CIE MID |
| Other work | Inspector-General of Iraq Police; Chief of Police, Southern Railways, India |
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Cecil Prescott CMG CIE (1 March 1882 – 3 August 1960) was Inspector-General of Police in Iraq (1920–1935) and Chief of Police of the Southern Railway in India (1935–47).[1][2]
Early life[edit | edit source]
Henry Cecil Prescott was born in Cheshire on 1 March 1882, the son of Arthur Edward Prescott (who had died at the time of the 1891 census) and Kathleen Ann Augusta Prescott.[3][4] He was educated at Bedford Modern School.[2]
Career[edit | edit source]
Prescott was commissioned in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and served as a lieutenant in the Second Boer War (1901–02), for which he received the Queen's Medal with five clasps.[2] While in South Africa, he received a commission in a regular regiment when he was appointed second lieutenant in The South Wales Borderers on 30 April 1902.[5] He stayed there for several months after the end of hostilities, returning home again on the SS Norman in late December 1902.[6] In 1903 he transferred to the Indian Army in the 69th Punjabis[7] until his appointment as Assistant Superintendent in the Burma Police in January 1908.[8] In December 1910 he was made District Superintendent of three districts in Burma.[8]
At the outbreak of World War I, Prescott rejoined the Indian Army; he was promoted Major in August 1916.[9] In June 1917 he was appointed Deputy Commissioner of the Iraq Police firstly in Basra and then in Baghdad.[9] In 1918 he was made Commissioner.[9] In 1920, Prescott was made Inspector-General of the Iraq Police until his resignation in 1935.[1][10] In a statement of service, he later wrote, ‘If it had not been for the seizing of power by the opposition (many of the leaders of whom I had arrested and placed in prison for the safety of the country) I should have remained in command for some years longer’.[9]
Prescott was later made Chief of Police of the Southern Railway in India for 12 years until his retirement in 1947.[1]
Awards and honours[edit | edit source]
During World War I he was mentioned in despatches and made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in 1919.[2] In 1926 he was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG), and towards the end of his service in Iraq he received the Order of the Two Rivers 2nd Class.[2] A collection of his medals were sold at auction on 2 March 2005.[11]
Family life[edit | edit source]
A keen polo player, Prescott was in the championship team of Iraq for 1933, 1934 and 1935.[9] He married Mary Augusta, daughter of Edward Chisholm.[1] They had two sons, one of whom was killed on active service in 1939.[1] Prescott eventually retired to St. Peter's, Jersey where he died on 3 August 1960.[9][12][13]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Obituary, The Times, Lt.-Col. H. C. Prescott, 5 August 1960, p.12
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Prescott, Lieut-Col Henry Cecil, (1882–3 Aug. 1960), Chief of Police, retired, Southern Railway; Indian Army, retired, 1928". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U241967. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1.
- ↑ "Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records at Ancestry.co.uk". ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ↑ Ranieval, The Marquis of Ruvigny and (1 May 2013). The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: The Mortimer-Percy Volume. Heritage Books. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-7884-1872-3.
- ↑ "No. 27429". The London Gazette. 29 April 1902. pp. 2862–2863.
- ↑ "The Army in South Africa - Troops returning Home". The Times. No. 36960. London. 25 December 1902. p. 6.
- ↑ "Harts Annual Army List, Militia List, and Imperial Yeomanry List, 1907". Mocavo. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "The India Office and Burma Office List". google.co.uk. 1928. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 "Lot 984, Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to incl... (2 March 2005) – Dix Noonan Webb". dnw.co.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ↑ "PRESCOTT, Henry Cecil (1882–1960), Chief of Police, retired, Southern Railway; Indian Army, retired, 1928". oup.com. December 2007. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ↑ "Lot 984, Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to incl... (2 March 2005) – Dix Noonan Webb". dnw.co.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "Jersey Heritage – Details". jerseyheritage.org. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ↑ Who Was Who, Published by A&C Black Limited, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014