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COMMANDER // 1845–1932

Lord Methuen

field marshalUnited Kingdom5 battles1 war

Lifespan

1845 – 1932

1850187519001925Second Boer War · 1899-1902Battle of Belmont — November 23, 1899 · United Kingdom · Second Boer WarBattle of Graspan — November 25, 1899 · United Kingdom · Second Boer WarBattle of Magersfontein — December 11, 1899 · United Kingdom · Second Boer WarBattle of Modder River — November 28, 1899 · United Kingdom · Second Boer WarBattle of Tweebosch — March 7, 1902 · United Kingdom · Second Boer War

Active service 1899–1902 — 5 battles across 1 war; first command at age 54.

Profile

Field Marshal Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen, was a British Army officer. He served in the Third Anglo-Ashanti War in 1873 and then in the expedition of Sir Charles Warren to Bechuanaland in the mid-1880s. He took a prominent role as General Officer Commanding the 1st Division in the Second Boer War. He suffered a serious defeat at the Battle of Magersfontein, during which he failed to carry out adequate reconnaissance and accordingly his artillery bombarded the wrong place leading to the Highland Brigade taking heavy casualties. He was later captured by the Boers at Tweebosch. After the war, he became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief in South Africa in 1908, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Natal in 1910 and then Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta in 1915.

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Battles (5)

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