1. Brigadier General Arthur Melland Asquith, was a senior officer of the Royal Naval Division, a Royal Navy land detachment attached to the British Army during the First World War.
13 Facts About Arthur Asquith
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Arthur Asquith was wounded four times in the war and three times awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his bravery under fire.
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In December 1917, Arthur Asquith was seriously wounded during fighting near Beaucamp and was evacuated to Britain where one of his legs was amputated.
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Arthur Asquith retired from the military following his wound and worked for the Ministry of Munitions.
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Arthur Asquith was educated at Winchester College with his brothers and later attended New College, Oxford as an undergraduate.
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Arthur Asquith was granted a temporary commission in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve with the rank of sub-lieutenant in October 1914.
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Arthur Asquith remained as a staff officer until April 1917, when heavy casualties forced him to replace Bernard Freyberg in command of the 189th Brigade.
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Arthur Asquith was promoted temporary brigadier-general on 16 December 1917, while so employed as a brigade commander.
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On 17 December 1917, Arthur Asquith was badly wounded forcing his evacuation to Britain.
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Arthur Asquith then served the remainder of the war with the Ministry of Munitions, in the Controller of the Trench Warfare Department.
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Arthur Asquith retired from the Navy following the end of the war to his home Clovelly Court, Devon.
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Arthur Asquith obtained leave to go up to the front when he heard a fight was imminent.
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On 30 April 1918, four months after his injury and leg amputation, Arthur Asquith married Betty Constance Manners, sister of Francis Manners, 4th Baron Manners, a Grenadier Guards officer then serving as his aide-de-camp.