John Lindley (British Army officer)

Major-General the Hon. John Edward Lindley (15 September 1860 – 7 April 1925) was a British Army officer.

John Lindley
Born15 September 1860
Died7 April 1925
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands heldCavalry School
3rd Cavalry Brigade
Welsh Division
Battles/warsSecond Boer War
First World War

Military career

Born the son of Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley and Sarah Katherine Teale,[1] Lindley was commissioned into the South Staffordshire Regiment but transferred to the 1st The Royal Dragoons on 19 November 1881.[2] After serving in the Second Boer War, he became Adjutant-General at Northern Command in 1903, Commandant of the Cavalry School in 1905 and commander of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade in 1907.[3] He went on to become General Officer Commanding the Welsh Division in October 1914.[4] He landed with his division at Suvla Bay on 6 August 1915 during the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War, in which action his division suffered significant losses: he voluntarily handed over his command, saying that he had "lost control", on 16 August 1915.[3]

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References
  1. "Lindley, Baron (UK, 1900 - 1921)". Cracrofts Peerage. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  2. "No. 25039". The London Gazette. 18 November 1881. p. 5617.
  3. "Who's Who". Gallipoli Association. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  4. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
Military offices
Preceded by
Francis Lloyd		 GOC Welsh Division
1914–1915		 Succeeded by
William Marshall
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