Arthur Wauchope

Military career

Educated at Repton School, Wauchope was commissioned into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1893. He transferred to the 2nd Battalion Black Watch in January 1896.

He served in the Second Boer War in South Africa from 1899, and took part in operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River. British forces advancing north from the Cape to relieve the town of Kimberley, which was sieged by Boer forces, met heavy resistance in the Battle of Magersfontein on 11 December 1899. Wauchope was severely wounded in the battle, and was later mentioned in despatches and appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his services.

In April 1902 he was seconded for a Staff appointment, as an extra Aide de camp to Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Cape Colony.

He served in World War I as Commanding Officer of 2 Bn Black Watch in France and Mesopotamia. After the War he joined 2nd Silesian Brigade, part of the British Upper Silesian Force, in Germany. He was appointed General Officer Commanding 44th (Home Counties) Division in 1927 and GOC Northern Ireland District in 1929.

His last appointment was as High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief for Palestine and Trans-Jordan in 1931. He also promoted public works and civil engineering schemes but was regarded as lax by some of his political colleagues at the early stages of the Arab rebellion. Wauchope retired in 1938.

File:הנציב העליון ארתור ווקופ נוטע עץ ביער בלפור בגבעת שימרון בעמק יזרעאל. מימינו מנחם אוסישקין משמאלו יו-JNF037282.jpeg|Wauchope with Menachem Ussishkin in Palestine, 1928 File:כפר החורש - הנציב העליון נואם בחגיגת הנטיעה של יער אלברט.-JNF044743.jpeg|Wauchope speaking at Kfar HaHoresh 1936

References

|- High Commissioner for Trans-Jordan

References

1. "Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope".
2. "Wauchope, Arthur Grenfell". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives.
3. "Arthur Grenfell Wauchope". Imperial War Museum.
4. {{London Gazette. (6 May 1902)
5. {{London Gazette. (2 May 1902)
6. (4 March 1927)
7. However, Wauchope oversaw mass detention throughout the revolt and sought to impose "collective punishment" on Palestinian cities and towns. This culminated in the June 1936 demolition of the Old City of [[Jaffa]] which rendered 6,000 Palestinians homeless.David Cronin, ''Balfour's Shadow'' (London: Pluto Press, 1936), p. 45–46.