Douglas Baird (Indian Army officer)

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Sir Douglas Baird
Born(1877-04-04)4 April 1877
Kensington, London
Died2 July 1963(1963-07-02) (aged 86)
Elgin, Moray, Scotland
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Indian Army
Years of service1897–1940
RankGeneral
Commands held1/8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
75th Brigade
28th Punjabis
Zhob Brigade
Senior Officers' School, Belgaum
Kohat District
Deccan District
Eastern Command, India
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Companion of the Order of the Star of India
Distinguished Service Order

General Sir Harry Beauchamp Douglas Baird KCB CMG CIE DSO (4 April 1877 – 2 July 1963) was a British officer in the British Indian Army.[1]

Early life and education[edit]

Baird was born in Kensington, London, the son of Scottish Colonel Andrew Wilson Baird and Margaret Elizabeth Davidson. He was educated at Clifton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[1]

Military career[edit]

Baird was commissioned on the unattached list of the Indian Army on 20 January 1897.[2] He served on the Western Front in World War I becoming commanding officer of the 1st/8th Battalion the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1916 and then as a General Staff Officer first with 51st (Highland) Division and then with the Cavalry Corps before becoming commander of 75th Infantry Brigade in 1918.[3]

After the War Baird became a General Staff Officer at 4th Indian Infantry Division in India, Brigadier-General on the General Staff with the Baluchistan Force and then commanding officer of the 28th Punjabis.[3] He then became Commander of the Zhob Brigade in November 1920, Colonel on the Staff at Army Headquarters, India in 1923 and Commandant of the Senior Officers' School, Belgaum in 1924.[3]

Baird went on to be Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster-General in India in July 1929 and General Officer Commanding the Kohat District in December 1930.[4] Then he became General Officer Commanding the Deccan District in 1932 and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command in April 1936 before retiring in April 1940.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Obituary: Gen. Sir Douglas Baird". The Times. 3 July 1963. p. 12.
  2. ↑ "No. 26815". The London Gazette. 19 January 1897. p. 342.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Generals.dk
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Army Commands Archived July 5, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography[edit]

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

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Military offices
Preceded by
Henry ap Rhys Pryce 		Commandant of the Senior Officers' School, Belgaum
1924–1928 		Succeeded by
Clifton Stockwell
Preceded by
Sir Norman MacMullen 		GOC-in-C Eastern Command, India
1936–1940 		Succeeded by
Sir Charles Broad
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