Thom's Irish Who's Who/Bunbury, Major-General William Edwin

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2917896Thom's Irish Who's Who — Bunbury, Major-General William Edwin


BUNBURY, Major-General William Edwin, C.B. (1911); Indian Army, retired. Educ.: St. Columba's College, Rathfarnham. Entered Army, 1878; Captain, I.S.C.. 1889; Major, Indian Array, 1898: Lieut-Col., 1904; Col., 1908; Major-General, 1912; passed Staff College; D.A.A.G., Bengal, 1894-97; D.A.Q.M.G., 1897-1900; D.A.G., Northern Army, India, 1908; Brig.-General, General Staff, Northern Army, 1909-12; served Afghan War, 1880; Mahsud-Waziree Expedition, 1881; Isazai Expedition. 1892; Chitral, 1895; Waziristan, 1901, 1902. Commanded 14th P.W.O. Sikhs, 1902-8; Commanded Kohat Brigade, May to Nov., 1912; Quartermaster-General in India, 1912-16; Commanded Rawal Pindi Division, May, 1916. to Oct., 1917; b. Clonfert, 5th April, 1858; son of late Rt. Rev. Thomas Bunbury, Bishop of Limerick; m. 1893, Eva Mary, dau. of Francis Gale, Cheltenham: one son. Address: c/o Lloyd's Bank, Ltd., Bournemouth.