Joseph Henry Laye

Joseph Henry Laye
Joseph Henry Laye
Born	4 February 1849; Auckland, New Zealand
Died	26 June 1938 (aged 89); Dawlish, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	1st Battalion Scottish Rifles
Battles/wars	Ninth Xhosa War; Anglo-Zulu War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath; Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Lieutenant General Joseph Henry Laye, CB, CVO (4 February 1849 – 26 June 1938) was a British Army officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General to the Forces.

Military career

Laye served in both the Ninth Xhosa War from 1877 to 1878 and the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.[1] He commanded the 1st Battalion Scottish Rifles from 1889 to 1893.[1] He was a temporary assistant adjutant-general at army headquarters until February 1900, when he became Deputy Adjutant-General to the Forces, with the temporary rank of major general.[2][3][4]

Laye was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1902 Coronation Honours published on 26 June 1902,[5][6] and received the decoration from King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 24 October.[7]

Laye died of a heart attack on 26 June 1938, aged 89.[8]

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"Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
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"Laye". Retrieved 15 November 2015.

Military offices
Preceded by William Pakenham, 4th Earl of Longford	Colonel of the Northumberland Fusiliers 1887–1895	Succeeded by Frederick Arthur Willis

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