Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer


The Viscount Plumer

Portrait by Alexander Bassano, 1899
Born(1857-03-13)13 March 1857
Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom
Died16 July 1932(1932-07-16) (aged 75)
Knightsbridge, London, England, United Kingdom
Buried
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1876–1919
RankField Marshal
Unit65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot
York and Lancaster Regiment
CommandsBritish Army of the Rhine
Second Army
Northern Command
5th Division
7th Division
10th Division
4th Brigade
Battles / warsMahdist War
Second Matabele War
Second Boer War
First World War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Mentioned in Despatches
Other workHigh Commissioner of Palestine

Field Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (13 March 1857 – 16 July 1932) was a senior British Army officer who fought in the First World War, being perhaps most notable for commanding the Second Army of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front from 1915 to 1918.


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