Herbert Raitt

Major-General Sir Herbert Aveling Raitt KCIE CB (August 1858 − 8 November 1935) was a British Army officer.

Herbert Raitt
Major General Herbert Raitt
BornAugust 1858
Died8 November 1935
Folkestone, Kent
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands heldSouth Midland Division
Mandalay Brigade
Burma Division
Battles/warsAnglo-Zulu War
Second Boer War
First World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Indian Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath

Biography

Raitt was commissioned into the 80th Regiment of Foot in March 1878[1] and saw action in the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879.[2] He served as commanding officer of the 1st Battalion the South Staffordshire Regiment in South Africa in the Second Boer War.[2] He became General Officer Commanding South Midland Division in April 1908[3] before being sent out to India as commander of the Mandalay Brigade in May 1913.[2] He went on to be General Officer Commanding the Burma Division in October 1914 and led the response to the Kachin Rising of January and February 1915 before retiring in November 1918.[2]

References
  1. "Herbert Aveling Raitt". National Archives. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  2. "Major-General Sir Herbert Raitt". DNW. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  3. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 9 June 2020.
Military offices
New title GOC South Midland Division
1908–1911		 Succeeded by
Alexander Thorneycroft
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