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Richard Howard-Vyse
Major-General Sir Richard Granville Hylton Howard-Vyse, KCMG, DSO, JP, DL (27 June 1883 – 5 December 1962) was a cavalry officer in the British Army.
Howard-Vyse served in the First World War commanding the 10th Cavalry Brigade, and in the Second World War as the Head of British Military Mission to French High Command from 1939 to 1940. He was invested as a Knight Commander Order of St Michael and St George and awarded the Distinguished Service Order. He also held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, and was a Justice of the Peace.
Richard Granville Hylton Howard-Vyse was born on 27 June 1883, the son of Howard Henry Howard-Vyse and Mabel Diana Howard-Vyse of Stoke Poges Buckinghamshire. He had two siblings, George Cecil Howard-Vyse died, and Lilly Eleanor Howard-Vyse.
Howard-Vyse was commissioned as a second-lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards in December 1902. Five years later, in 1907, he was a lieutenant and made regimental adjutant in September that year. In March the following year he relinquished being adjutant, and in April was promoted to captain.
Howard-Vyse attended the British Army's Staff College, Camberley, from January 1911. After Staff College he became a brigade major for the 5th Cavalry Brigade, still ranked as a captain, in May 1914. By July 1915 he was a General Staff officer 2nd Grade, still with the 5th Cavalry Brigade.
In 1917, following a request from General Sir Edmund Allenby, Howard-Vyse was sent to the Middle East as the Chief Staff Officer for the Desert Mounted Corps, with the brevet rank of lieutenant colonel and the temporary rank of brigadier general. For his service he was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in April 1918. Then in July 1918 he assumed the command of the 10th Cavalry Brigade.
Howard-Vyse became the next commandant of the Zeitoun School of Instruction, in Cairo. It was followed by command of his regiment, the Royal Horse Guards, from 1922 to 1926. It was at Cairo that he married Phyllis Hermione, daughter of Francis Saxham Elwas Drury, on 15 October 1925. He returned to the War Office in 1927 as a grade 1 General Staff officer; and thence was sent to Egypt in 1928 as the commander of the Cairo Cavalry Brigade.
His next appointment was as commandant of the Equitation School and inspector of cavalry, a post he held from 11 August 1930 until 11 August 1934 when he relinquished the assignment. While serving in this role, he was promoted to major general on 10 November 1933. Upon ceasing to be employed, he was placed on half-pay.
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Richard Howard-Vyse
Major-General Sir Richard Granville Hylton Howard-Vyse, KCMG, DSO, JP, DL (27 June 1883 – 5 December 1962) was a cavalry officer in the British Army.
Howard-Vyse served in the First World War commanding the 10th Cavalry Brigade, and in the Second World War as the Head of British Military Mission to French High Command from 1939 to 1940. He was invested as a Knight Commander Order of St Michael and St George and awarded the Distinguished Service Order. He also held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, and was a Justice of the Peace.
Richard Granville Hylton Howard-Vyse was born on 27 June 1883, the son of Howard Henry Howard-Vyse and Mabel Diana Howard-Vyse of Stoke Poges Buckinghamshire. He had two siblings, George Cecil Howard-Vyse died, and Lilly Eleanor Howard-Vyse.
Howard-Vyse was commissioned as a second-lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards in December 1902. Five years later, in 1907, he was a lieutenant and made regimental adjutant in September that year. In March the following year he relinquished being adjutant, and in April was promoted to captain.
Howard-Vyse attended the British Army's Staff College, Camberley, from January 1911. After Staff College he became a brigade major for the 5th Cavalry Brigade, still ranked as a captain, in May 1914. By July 1915 he was a General Staff officer 2nd Grade, still with the 5th Cavalry Brigade.
In 1917, following a request from General Sir Edmund Allenby, Howard-Vyse was sent to the Middle East as the Chief Staff Officer for the Desert Mounted Corps, with the brevet rank of lieutenant colonel and the temporary rank of brigadier general. For his service he was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in April 1918. Then in July 1918 he assumed the command of the 10th Cavalry Brigade.
Howard-Vyse became the next commandant of the Zeitoun School of Instruction, in Cairo. It was followed by command of his regiment, the Royal Horse Guards, from 1922 to 1926. It was at Cairo that he married Phyllis Hermione, daughter of Francis Saxham Elwas Drury, on 15 October 1925. He returned to the War Office in 1927 as a grade 1 General Staff officer; and thence was sent to Egypt in 1928 as the commander of the Cairo Cavalry Brigade.
His next appointment was as commandant of the Equitation School and inspector of cavalry, a post he held from 11 August 1930 until 11 August 1934 when he relinquished the assignment. While serving in this role, he was promoted to major general on 10 November 1933. Upon ceasing to be employed, he was placed on half-pay.
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