Edward Feetham

Major-General

Edward Feetham

CB CMG
Born4 June 1863
Died29 March 1918(1918-03-29) (aged 54)
Démuin, France
Buried
Picquigny British Cemetery
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch
British Army
Service years
1883–1918
Rank
Major-general
UnitRoyal Berkshire Regiment
Commands137th (Staffordshire) Infantry Brigade
39th Division
Conflicts
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath[1]
EducationMarlborough College

Major-General Edward Feetham CB CMG (4 June 1863 – 29 March 1918) was a British Army officer who was killed during the First World War whilst commanding the 39th Division, to which he had been promoted to command in August 1917, when promoted to temporary major general.[2][3]

In April 1915 he was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general and took over the 137th (Staffordshire) Infantry Brigade.[4]

He was the eighth of nine British divisional commanders to be killed or die of wounds during the war.[a]

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "No. 29202". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 June 1915. p. 6112.
  2. ↑ "No. 30325". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 October 1917. p. 10352.
  3. ↑ "No. 30438". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 December 1917. p. 13330.
  4. ↑ "No. 29146". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 April 1915. p. 4146.

Further reading

  • Davis, Frank; Maddocks, Graham (1995). Bloody Red Tabs - General Officer Casualties of the Great War, 1914-1918. London: Leo Cooper, pp. 57–58.
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