Cyril Wagstaff
Cyril Wagstaff | |
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 Brigadier-General Cyril Wagstaff (left) confers the Military Cross upon American First Lieutenant George W. Sherwood of the 131st Infantry, 33rd Division. (Larochette, 20 January 1919) | |
| Born | 5 March 1878 |
| Died | 21 February 1934 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1897 - 1934 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands | Royal Military Academy, Woolwich |
| Battles / wars | First World War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire Distinguished Service Order |
Major General Cyril Mosley Wagstaff CB CMG CIE DSO (5 March 1878 – 21 February 1934) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
Military career
[edit]Educated at the United Services College,[1] Wagstaff was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1897.[2]
He served on the North West Frontier of India and in the First World War with the Australian Army[3] and is credited with creating the term ANZAC.[4] He was promoted to temporary lieutenant colonel in October 1915.[5]
He was appointed a General Staff Officer at the War Office in 1925, Commander of the Nowshera Brigade on the North West Frontier of India in 1928 and Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Woolwich in 1930 before his death in 1934.[2]
Family
[edit]In 1906 he married Rosabel Thelwall.[6] Following the death of his first wife, he married Marjorie Frances Fry in 1927.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ India Haileybury
- ^ a b Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ Australian War Memorial
- ^ Coined "ANZAC" Canberra Times, 26 February 1934
- ^ "No. 29360". The London Gazette. 9 November 1915. p. 11047.
- ^ a b The Peerage.com
External links
[edit]- Wagstaff war narrative, 18-20 May 1915 / Cyril Mosley Wagstaff held at State Library of New South Wales, retrieved 24 November 2013.
- 1878 births
- 1934 deaths
- British Army major generals
- Commandants of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- People educated at United Services College
- Royal Engineers officers
- British Army generals of World War I
- 19th-century British Army personnel