| Pope Hennessy | L H R | | Captain | He was born in 1875, eldest son of Sir John Pope-Hennessy, KCMG, MP, of Kostellan Castle, County Cork, and Catherine, only daughter of Sir Hugh Low, GCMG. He was educated at Beaumont College, and joined the Welsh Regiment, as a Second Lieutenant, 28 September 1895; became Lieutenant, Oxford Light Infantry, 5 February 1898. He was employed with the West African Frontier Force 5 February 1898 to 2 September 1899, and in the British East Africa Protectorate with the King's African Rifles from 29 September 1899 to 4 August 1908. He served in West Africa, 1897-96 (Lagos); employed in Hinterland (Medal with clasp); served in British East Africa, 1901. He became Captain 11 September 1902; took part in the operations against the Ogaden Somalis, in Jubaland (Medal with clasp); served in East Africa, 1903, during the operations in Somaliland (Despatches [London Gazette, 7 August 1903]; clasp); served in East Africa, 1905, in command of the operations in Sotik. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 13 March 1908], and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 13 March 1908]: "For services during minor operations in East Africa, 1902]: Ladislaus Herbert Richard Pope-Hennessy, The Oxfordshire Light Infantry (employed with the King's African Rifles". He served in the operations at Nandi, 1905-6 (Despatches [London Gazette, 18 September 1906]; Brevet of Major 26 March 1906; (clasp); in Somaliland, 1908 to 1910 (specially employed January to December 1909) (Despatches [London Gazette, 10 June 1910]; (clasp). From May 1912 to August 1914, he was Brigade Major of the 1st West Riding Infantry Brigade, Northern Command, attaining his Majority 25 October 1913. Serving in the European War, Major Pope-Hennessy held the following appointments: Brigade Major, 1st West Riding Infantry Brigade, Central Force, Home Defence, 5 August 1914 to 14 March 1915; GSO3, Headquarters, RF Corps, BEF, 15 March to 14 July, 1915; GSO2, Headquarters, RF Corps, BEF, 15 July to 19 October 1915; Special Appointment, Home Forces, 18 January to 28 February 1916: GS02, 41st Division, New Armies, British Armies in France. He was Acting Lieutenant Colonel from October 1910 to September 1917, and commanded the 1st Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in Mesopotamia in 1916 and 1917; was GS01, 3rd Division, Indian Expeditionary Force "D", Mesopotamia^ Expeditionary Force, 20 March to 23 July 1917; GSO1, MEF, 24 July to 4 September 1917. From 5 September 1917 to 10 April 1919, he was Brigadier General, General Staff, 1st Indian Army Corps, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force. He was three times mentioned in Despatches; given the Brevet of Lieutenant Colonel 1 January 1918, and of Colonel 1 January 1919, and was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. He married, in 1910, Una, only daughter of Sir Arthur Birch, KCMG, and they had two sons. His wife was the author of "Anna von Schurman", "Secret Societies and the French Revolution", "Madame Roland", "A Study in Revolutions", and other works, and also a contributor to the "Edinburgh Review" and other reviews.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | Oxfordshire Light Infantry |
