John Walter Graham Tulloch
Major-General John Tulloch | |
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| Born | John Walter Graham Tulloch 2 November 1861 Sandgate, Kent |
| Died | 9 May 1934 (aged 72) Ashtead, Surrey |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | British Indian Army |
| Service years | 1880–1912 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands | Indian Army |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
| Relations | Surgeon-General John Tulloch MD (father); Colonel Charles John Dennys (brother-in-law) |
Major-General John Walter Graham Tulloch CB (2 November 1861 – 9 May 1934), was a highly-decorated British Army officer, who served with the Indian Army and as a military attaché.
General Tulloch distinguished himself on active service during many campaigns throughout East Africa, Persia, Afghanistan, India and the Far East in the late 19th century.
Career
Of Scottish descent, he was the eldest son of Surgeon-General John Tulloch MD (1830–1906) by his wife Lucy née Cosserat (died 1912). His eldest sister Lucy (who died 1947) married Bengal Staff Corps officer, Colonel Charles John Dennys (1852–1928).[1]
Tulloch was commissioned on 11 August 1880 and entered into the Indian Army on 11 October 1882; he had risen to the rank of major in 1900.[2] In 1901, Colonel Tulloch led a force of Indian troops, Australian marines, and the Imperial Japanese Army at Kaoli-yung in China.[3] In 1905, he was a military attaché posted to the British legation in Tokyo. During this period, he was joined by other officers from other parts of the British Empire, including then-Captains Alexander Bannerman, Berkeley Vincent,[4] Arthur Hart-Synnot.[5] and Herbert Cyril Thacker.[6]
Tulloch was an observer with Japanese forces during the Russo-Japanese War;[7] and his reports were forwarded to London.[8] On 18 October 1907, Tulloch was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general.[9] On 1 May 1908 he was promoted to major-general before retiring on the 1 April 1912.[10]
Honours
- : Officer, Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar, 1896[11]
- : Commander, Order of the Rising Sun, 1904
- : Companion of the Order of the Bath, 1906.[9]
See also
Notes
- ^ www.burkespeerage.com
- ^ Addison, Henry Robert et al. (1907). Who's Who, Vol. 59, p. 1776, p. 1776, at Google Books
- ^ "The Chinese Trouble," The Advertiser (Adelaide, South Australia). 10 January 1901, p. 5.
- ^ Merchant Networks Archived 30 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine (Anglo-Australian genealogy website): 28. "Sir Bart, merchant, Brown. Shipley and Co Brown Alexander Hargreaves-55317" Archived 5 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Towle, Philip. (1982). Estimating Foreign Military Power, p. 131., p. 131, at Google Books
- ^ Hitsman, J. Mackay and Desmond Morton. "Canada's First Military Attache: Capt. H. C. Thacker in the Russo-Japanese War," Military Affairs, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Oct., 1970), pp. 82-84; "Report No. 14," Archived 3 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Directorate of History, Canadian Forces Headquarters, 8 September 1967.
- ^ Towle, Philip. (1998). "Aspects of the Russo-Japanese War: British Observers of the Russo-Japanese War," p. 23. Paper No. IS/1998/351. STICERD, LSE.
- ^ Great Britain War Office, General Staff. (1908). The Russo-Japanese War: Reports from British Officers Attached to the Japanese and Russian Forces in the Field, Vol. 3, p. 629., p. 629, at Google Books
- ^ a b Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, Royal United Service Institution. (1908). "Military Notes," Journal of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, Vol. LII, No. 359, p. 266., p. 266, at Google Books
- ^ Supplement to the Indian Army List January 1930
- ^ "Whitehall (Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar)," Archived 6 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine Edinburgh Gazette, 3 March 1897, p. 207.
References
- Who's Who (1907). Vol. 59. London: A&C Black. OCLC 1162806
- Burke, John and Burke, Sir Bernard. (1914). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. OCLC 2790692
- Great Britain War Office, General Staff. (1908). The Russo-Japanese War: Reports from British Officers Attached to the Japanese and Russian Forces in the Field. London: H.M. Stationery Office.
- Towle, Philip. (1998). "Aspects of the Russo-Japanese War: British Observers of the Russo-Japanese War," Paper No. IS/1998/351. STICERD, LSE.
- Sisemore, James D. (2003). "The Russo-Japanese War, Lessons Not Learned." Archived 4 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.