(1862-01-24)24 January 1862 Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire
Died
9 June 1945(1945-06-09) (aged 83)
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1881–1927
Rank
General
Unit
67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot Hampshire Regiment
Commands held
British Troops in Egypt XI Corps 1st Division
Battles/wars
Third Anglo-Burmese War Second Boer War First World War
Awards
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Other work
Armistice Commissioner
General Sir Richard Cyril Byrne Haking, GBE, KCB, KCMG (24 January 1862 – 9 June 1945), was a senior British Army officer who is most notable for being the commander of XI Corps during the majority of the First World War.
Arguments over the late release of Haking's corps on the first day of the Battle of Loos in September 1915 were instrumental in forcing the resignation of Field Marshal Sir John French as Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). Haking is remembered chiefly for the high casualties suffered by his forces (including many Australian troops) at the second Battle of Fromelles, launched while the Battle of the Somme was underway 80 km to the south, although at least one British historian has sought to defend his reputation, regarding him as an "intelligent and capable man" unfairly maligned in the popular mythology of the war.[1] Although blocked from further promotion, he continued to command XI Corps – including in Italy in the winter of 1917–1918 and in Flanders in April 1918 – until the end of the war in November 1918. He was the League of Nations High Commissioner for the Free City of Danzig in the early 1920s.
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ordered the XI Corps commander, Lieutenant-General RichardHaking , to plan a two-division attack; Haking proposed to capture Aubers Ridge, Aubers and Fromelles...
than using the telephone he drove to Haking's headquarters and gave the order at 12:10 p.m. Haig then heard from Haking at 1:20 p.m. that the reserves were...
part of the Eleventh Corps of the British Army, under General Haking's command. Haking visited the Portuguese troops and decided to send the Second Division...
War: An International Perspective. London: Continuum. p. 394-408. Overy, Richard; Wheatcroft, Andrew (1989). The Road to War. London: Penguin. Rothkirchen...
Random House p. 219. Overy, Richard & Wheatcroft, Andrew The Road to War, Random House: London 2009 p. 16. Overy, Richard & Wheatcroft, Andrew The Road...
1919–1923 Lieutenant-General Sir Walter Congreve 1923–1927 General Sir RichardHaking 1927–1931 General Sir Peter Strickland 1931–1934 General Sir John Burnett-Stuart...
left out include Horace Smith-Dorrien, Hubert Gough, Charles Monro, RichardHaking, William Peyton, Charles Kavanagh, John Nixon, Percy Lake, and Charles...
KCB 1908–1924: Maj-Gen. Sir Charles Knowles, KCB 1924–1945: Gen. Sir RichardHaking, GBE, KCB, KCMG 1945–1948: Gen. Sir George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys...
counter-attack. The 46th Division's corps commander, Lieutenant-General Sir RichardHaking, also blamed the territorials for the failure to capture the Hohenzollern...
Egypt and the Egyptian Expeditionary Force 1919–1923 Succeeded by Sir RichardHaking Honorary titles Preceded by Sir Christopher Nicholl Colonel-Commandant...
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commandant, while the other instructors included his future colleagues RichardHaking, John du Cane, Thompson Capper and Launcelot Kiggell. At Staff College...
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