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==Early life and WWI==
==Early life and WWI==
The son of the Reverend Oliver Inskip, he was born in September 1885 at [[Spalding, Lincolnshire]].<ref name="PRO">{{cite web|url=http://www.oldframlinghamian.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=10113&g2_serialNumber=1 |title=Major-General Roland Debenham Inskip CB CIE DSO MC (1894–1902) |publisher=oldframlinghamian.com |accessdate=14 July 2022}}</ref> He was educated at [[Framlingham College]], where he father was the headmaster from 1887 to 1913.<ref name="PRO"/> He made his debut in [[Minor Counties of English and Welsh cricket|minor counties cricket]] for [[Suffolk County Cricket Club|Suffolk]] in the 1904 [[Minor Counties Championship]], with Inskip playing infrequently for the county until 1911.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13776/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Tim Inskip |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=14 July 2022}}</ref> From Framlingham he attended the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]. He graduated as a [[Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_&_other_Commonwealth_countries|second lieutenant]] into the [[British Indian Army]] in August 1905.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27824|date=4 August 1905|page=5377}}</ref> By January 1908, he was serving with the [[59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)|59th Scinde Rifles]] as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28103|date=28 January 1908|page=653}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in July 1914 and shortly after saw action in the [[First World War]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28910|date=22 September 1914|page=7500}}</ref> In September 1914, he arrived on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]], where he remained until December 1915. From January 1916 to December 1917, he saw action in the [[Mesopotamian campaign]].<ref name="PRO"/> He was awarded the [[Military Cross]] in January 1916,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29438|date=11 January 1916|page=579|supp=y}}</ref> and the [[Distinguished Service Order]] in December 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette|city=Edinburgh|issue=13031|date=26 December 1916|page=2411|supp=y}}</ref> He was made a temporary [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in June 1917, while in command of a battalion.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30138|date=19 June 1917|page=6057|supp=y}}</ref> Throughout the course of the war, Inskip was [[mentioned in dispatches]] five times.<ref name="PRO"/>
The son of the Reverend Oliver Inskip, he was born in September 1885 at [[Spalding, Lincolnshire]].<ref name="PRO">{{cite web|url=http://www.oldframlinghamian.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=10113&g2_serialNumber=1 |title=Major-General Roland Debenham Inskip CB CIE DSO MC (1894–1902) |publisher=oldframlinghamian.com |accessdate=14 July 2019}}</ref> He was educated at [[Framlingham College]], where he father was the headmaster from 1887 to 1913.<ref name="PRO"/> He made his debut in [[Minor Counties of English and Welsh cricket|minor counties cricket]] for [[Suffolk County Cricket Club|Suffolk]] in the 1904 [[Minor Counties Championship]], with Inskip playing infrequently for the county until 1911.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13776/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Tim Inskip |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=14 July 2019}}</ref> From Framlingham he attended the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]. He graduated as a [[Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_&_other_Commonwealth_countries|second lieutenant]] into the [[British Indian Army]] in August 1905.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27824|date=4 August 1905|page=5377}}</ref> By January 1908, he was serving with the [[59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)|59th Scinde Rifles]] as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28103|date=28 January 1908|page=653}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in July 1914 and shortly after saw action in the [[First World War]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28910|date=22 September 1914|page=7500}}</ref> In September 1914, he arrived on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]], where he remained until December 1915. From January 1916 to December 1917, he saw action in the [[Mesopotamian campaign]].<ref name="PRO"/> He was awarded the [[Military Cross]] in January 1916,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29438|date=11 January 1916|page=579|supp=y}}</ref> and the [[Distinguished Service Order]] in December 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette|city=Edinburgh|issue=13031|date=26 December 1916|page=2411|supp=y}}</ref> He was made a temporary [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in June 1917, while in command of a battalion.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30138|date=19 June 1917|page=6057|supp=y}}</ref> Throughout the course of the war, Inskip was [[mentioned in dispatches]] five times.<ref name="PRO"/>


==Inter-war period==
==Inter-war period==
Inskip gained the full rank of major in March 1921.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32364|date=21 June 1921|page=4917}}</ref> By 1924, he was serving with the [[12th Indian Infantry Brigade]] and with the [[13th Frontier Force Rifles]] in 1928.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33377|date=20 April 1928|page=2818}}</ref> He made two appearances in [[first-class cricket]] in November 1926, playing one match for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]], and a second match for the [[Rawalpindi Sports Club]] against the same opposition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13776/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Tim Inskip |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=14 July 2022}}</ref> He scored 6 runs and took 2 wickets in these matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13776/f_Batting_by_Season.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Tim Inskip |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=14 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13776/f_Bowling_by_Season.html |title=First-class Bowling in Each Season by Tim Inskip |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=14 July 2022}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] in December 1934, with seniority to July 1932.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34127|date=25 January 1935|page=613}}</ref> Inkskip was seconded to Army Headquarters in India in 1934–35, before serving at the [[Royal College of Defence Studies|Imperial Defence College]] in London in 1936.<ref name="PRO"/> He was granted the temporary rank of [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|brigadier]] in April 1937, while in command of the [[1st (Abbottabad) Infantry Brigade]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34386|date=6 April 1937|page=2197}}</ref> He served in the [[Waziristan campaign (1936–1939)|Waziristan campaign]], during which he was mentioned in dispatches twice and was made a Companion of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]].<ref name="PRO"/><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34542|date=16 August 1938|page=5281}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|major-general]] in April 1939,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34622|date=5 May 1939|page=2995|supp=y}}</ref> while the following month he was made a member of the [[Order of the Bath]] in [[1939 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34633|date=6 June 1939|page=3854|supp=y}}</ref>
Inskip gained the full rank of major in March 1921.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32364|date=21 June 1921|page=4917}}</ref> By 1924, he was serving with the [[12th Indian Infantry Brigade]] and with the [[13th Frontier Force Rifles]] in 1928.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33377|date=20 April 1928|page=2818}}</ref> He made two appearances in [[first-class cricket]] in November 1926, playing one match for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]], and a second match for the [[Rawalpindi Sports Club]] against the same opposition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13776/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Tim Inskip |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=14 July 2019}}</ref> He scored 6 runs and took 2 wickets in these matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13776/f_Batting_by_Season.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Tim Inskip |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=14 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13776/f_Bowling_by_Season.html |title=First-class Bowling in Each Season by Tim Inskip |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=14 July 2019}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] in December 1934, with seniority to July 1932.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34127|date=25 January 1935|page=613}}</ref> Inkskip was seconded to Army Headquarters in India in 1934–35, before serving at the [[Royal College of Defence Studies|Imperial Defence College]] in London in 1936.<ref name="PRO"/> He was granted the temporary rank of [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|brigadier]] in April 1937, while in command of the [[1st (Abbottabad) Infantry Brigade]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34386|date=6 April 1937|page=2197}}</ref> He served in the [[Waziristan campaign (1936–1939)|Waziristan campaign]], during which he was mentioned in dispatches twice and was made a Companion of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]].<ref name="PRO"/><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34542|date=16 August 1938|page=5281}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|major-general]] in April 1939,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34622|date=5 May 1939|page=2995|supp=y}}</ref> while the following month he was made a member of the [[Order of the Bath]] in [[1939 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34633|date=6 June 1939|page=3854|supp=y}}</ref>


==WWII and later life==
==WWII and later life==

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Tim Inskip
Birth nameRoland Debenham Inskip
Born17 September 1885
Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
Died23 November 1971(1971-11-23) (aged 86)
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
British India
Service/branchBritish Indian Army
Years of service1904–1947
RankMajor-general
Commands held6 Royal Battalion, 13 Frontier Force Rifles (1932–34)
1st (Abbottabad) Infantry Brigade (1937–39)
District Commander Rawalpindi (1941)
General Officer Commanding Ceylon (1941–42)
Chief of Staff of Bhopal State Forces (1947)
Battles/warsFirst World War
Waziristan campaign
Second World War
AwardsOrder of the Indian Empire
Order of the Bath
Military Cross
Distinguished Service Cross

Roland 'Tim' Debenham Inskip Template:Postnominal (17 September 1885 – 23 November 1971) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Inskip served in the British Indian Army from 1905 to 1947, seeing action in the First World War, the Waziristan campaign and the Second World War. He was highly decorated in these campaigns and eventually reached the rank of major-general. He also played first-class cricket while in British India for the Europeans cricket team and the Rawalpindi Sports Club.

Early life and WWI[edit | edit source]

The son of the Reverend Oliver Inskip, he was born in September 1885 at Spalding, Lincolnshire.[1] He was educated at Framlingham College, where he father was the headmaster from 1887 to 1913.[1] He made his debut in minor counties cricket for Suffolk in the 1904 Minor Counties Championship, with Inskip playing infrequently for the county until 1911.[2] From Framlingham he attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He graduated as a second lieutenant into the British Indian Army in August 1905.[3] By January 1908, he was serving with the 59th Scinde Rifles as a lieutenant.[4] He was promoted to the rank of captain in July 1914 and shortly after saw action in the First World War.[5] In September 1914, he arrived on the Western Front, where he remained until December 1915. From January 1916 to December 1917, he saw action in the Mesopotamian campaign.[1] He was awarded the Military Cross in January 1916,[6] and the Distinguished Service Order in December 1916.[7] He was made a temporary major in June 1917, while in command of a battalion.[8] Throughout the course of the war, Inskip was mentioned in dispatches five times.[1]

Inter-war period[edit | edit source]

Inskip gained the full rank of major in March 1921.[9] By 1924, he was serving with the 12th Indian Infantry Brigade and with the 13th Frontier Force Rifles in 1928.[10] He made two appearances in first-class cricket in November 1926, playing one match for the Europeans against the Marylebone Cricket Club, and a second match for the Rawalpindi Sports Club against the same opposition.[11] He scored 6 runs and took 2 wickets in these matches.[12][13] He was promoted to the rank of colonel in December 1934, with seniority to July 1932.[14] Inkskip was seconded to Army Headquarters in India in 1934–35, before serving at the Imperial Defence College in London in 1936.[1] He was granted the temporary rank of brigadier in April 1937, while in command of the 1st (Abbottabad) Infantry Brigade.[15] He served in the Waziristan campaign, during which he was mentioned in dispatches twice and was made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire.[1][16] He was promoted to the rank of major-general in April 1939,[17] while the following month he was made a member of the Order of the Bath in 1939 Birthday Honours.[18]

WWII and later life[edit | edit source]

During the Second World War, Inskip served as the district commander of Rawalpindi.[1][19] Following this, he served as general officer commanding Ceylon.[1] He retired from active service in October 1942,[20] but was immediately reemployed and appointed as the honorary colonel of the 6th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles.[21] From 1943 to 1945, he was an inspector of military training centres across India, before being appointed on the eve of Indian independence as the chief of staff of the Bhopal State Forces.[1] Following his retirement, he devoted his time to furthering the well being of veterans and promoting Framlingham College.[1] He died at Ipswich in November 1971.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 "Major-General Roland Debenham Inskip CB CIE DSO MC (1894–1902)". oldframlinghamian.com. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Tim Inskip". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "No. 27824". The London Gazette. 4 August 1905. p. 5377.
  4. ↑ "No. 28103". The London Gazette. 28 January 1908. p. 653.
  5. ↑ "No. 28910". The London Gazette. 22 September 1914. p. 7500.
  6. ↑ "No. 29438". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 January 1916. p. 579.
  7. ↑ "No. 13031". The Edinburgh Gazette (Supplement). 26 December 1916. p. 2411.
  8. ↑ "No. 30138". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 June 1917. p. 6057.
  9. ↑ "No. 32364". The London Gazette. 21 June 1921. p. 4917.
  10. ↑ "No. 33377". The London Gazette. 20 April 1928. p. 2818.
  11. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Tim Inskip". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  12. ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Tim Inskip". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  13. ↑ "First-class Bowling in Each Season by Tim Inskip". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  14. ↑ "No. 34127". The London Gazette. 25 January 1935. p. 613.
  15. ↑ "No. 34386". The London Gazette. 6 April 1937. p. 2197.
  16. ↑ "No. 34542". The London Gazette. 16 August 1938. p. 5281.
  17. ↑ "No. 34622". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 May 1939. p. 2995.
  18. ↑ "No. 34633". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 June 1939. p. 3854.
  19. ↑ "No. 35176". The London Gazette. 30 May 1941. p. 3112.
  20. ↑ "No. 35835". The London Gazette. 25 December 1942. p. 5606.
  21. ↑ "No. 36227". The London Gazette. 29 October 1943. p. 4780.

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.

External links[edit | edit source]

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