Louis Bols
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| Louis Jean Bols | |
|---|---|
| 23 November 1867 – 13 September 1930 | |
| Place of birth | Cape Town |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1887–1920 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Battles/wars | Anglo-Boer War, First World War |
| Awards | KCB CB KCMG DSO
Légion d'honneur, Order of the Rising Sun, Order of the Redeemer , Order of the Nile, Order of St Vladimir |
Lieutenant-General Sir Louis Jean Bols KCB CB DSO KCMG GSO (Cape Town November 23, 1867 – September 13, 1930, Bath) was educated at Lancing College in Sussex. He was a distinguished British military officer. He served as Edmund Allenby's Third Army Chief of Staff in the Western front and Sinai and Palestine campaigns of World War I.
From June 1919 - June 1920 he served as the Chief Administrator of Palestine, and signed over power to Herbert Samuels, the first British High Commissioner of Palestine, in an often-quoted document: ‘Received from Major-General Sir Louis J. Bols K.C.B.—One Palestine, complete’.[1]
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Thompson Capper |
General Officer Commanding the 24th Division May 1917 – September 1917 |
Succeeded by Sir Thompson Capper |
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Arthur Wigram Money |
Chief Administrator of Palestine 1919–1920 |
Succeeded by High Commissioner of Palestine |
| Preceded by Sir Joseph John Asser |
Governor of Bermuda 1927–1930 |
Succeeded by Sir Thomas Astley Cubitt |
[edit] Notes
- ^ C V Owen, ‘Bols, Sir Louis Jean (1867–1930)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004); online edn, May 2007 accessed 20 Aug 2007
[edit] External links
- Louis Jean Bols bio at firstworldwar.com
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