Major General Sir Henry Timson Lukin was a South African military commander.
10 Facts About Henry Lukin
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Henry Lukin fought in the Anglo-Zulu War and the Basutoland Gun War, the Bechuanaland Campaign, and the Anglo-Boer War when he was in command of the artillery during the defence of Wepener for which action he was awarded a Distinguished Service Order.
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Brig Gen Lukin transferred to the new Union Defence Forces in 1912 as Inspector-General of the Permanent Force.
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Henry Lukin commanded a formation in the German South West Africa Campaign, and commanded the 1st South African Infantry Brigade of the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force in Egypt and France, at Delville Wood before being promoted to a divisional command in the British Army.
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Henry Lukin was knighted for his war service, and retired in 1919.
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Henry Lukin did not enter Sandhurst despite a family military tradition.
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Henry Lukin transferred to the Cape Mounted Riflemen on 23 March 1881 and participating in Basutoland Gun War that year.
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Henry Lukin participated in the Bechuanaland campaign in 1897 and was deployed with the Colonial Division in the Cape Colony and Orange Free State in 1899 at the start of the Second Boer War.
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Henry Lukin became Commander of No 1 Area, Queenstown, Cape Colony, in December 1901.
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Henry Lukin remained in South Africa and served as Commandant General of the Cape Colonial Forces, CCF with the rank of colonel from 1904.