Felix Ready
British Army general (1872–1940)
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::summary British Army general (1872–1940) ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox military person"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| honorific_prefix | General |
| name | Sir Felix Ready |
| honorific_suffix | |
| image | Felix Ready.jpg |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Ballasalla, Isle of Man |
| death_date | |
| death_place | London, England |
| allegiance | United Kingdom |
| branch | British Army |
| serviceyears | 1891–1935 |
| rank | General |
| commands | 1st Division |
| Northern Ireland District | |
| battles | Second Boer War |
| First World War | |
| awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire |
| Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath | |
| Companion of the Order of the Star of India | |
| Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George | |
| Distinguished Service Order | |
| :: |
| honorific_prefix = General | name = Sir Felix Ready | honorific_suffix = | image = Felix Ready.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | nickname = | birth_date = | birth_place = Ballasalla, Isle of Man | death_date = | death_place = London, England | placeofburial = | allegiance = United Kingdom | branch = British Army | serviceyears = 1891–1935 | rank = General | unit = | commands = 1st Division Northern Ireland District | battles = Second Boer War First World War | awards = Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of the Star of India Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order | relations = | laterwork = General Sir Felix Fordati Ready (16 July 1872 – 6 April 1940) was a British Army officer who served as Quartermaster-General to the Forces from 1931 to 1935. He was considered an expert in military tactics.
Military career
Ready was the son of Colonel John Tobin Ready and the grandson of John Ready, former Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man. Educated at Wellington College, Ready was commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regiment as a second lieutenant on 5 December 1891. He was promoted to lieutenant on 28 July 1894, and was part of the Kitchener Expedition to defeat the Mahdi in Sudan in 1898–99, taking part in the battles of Atbara (April 1898) and Omdurman (September 1898).
With the 2nd Battalion of his regiment, Ready served in South Africa during the Second Boer War of 1899–1900, taking part in operations in the Orange Free State from February to July 1900 and Transvaal from July to November 1900. He returned to South Africa in 1902, as the war drew to a close, and was promoted to captain on 15 January 1902. For his service in the war he was mentioned in despatches, was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and received the Queen's South Africa Medal with three clasps.
Ready served in the First World War, becoming in August 1914 a deputy assistant adjutant and quartermaster general and in June 1915 an assistant adjutant and quartermaster general and for which he was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant colonel while holding his appointment, He was later an adjutant general in Mesopotamia. and in October was made a temporary major general while employed as a deputy adjutant general.
His major general's rank became substantive in June 1919. He was appointed General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District in 1926 before becoming General Officer Commanding 1st Division at Aldershot in 1929 and then, after being promoted to lieutenant general in August 1930, became Quartermaster-General to the Forces in 1931. He was made a general in 1934, and retired in 1935.
Personal life
In 1900, Ready married Marguerite Violet Daisy Cotterill. He died at his home in Kensington, London, on 6 April 1940, aged 67.
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References
- (8 April 1940). "General Sir Felix Ready". [[The Times]].
- "Pedigree of Cotterill".
- Hart′s Army list, 1903
- (8 November 1902). "The Army in South Africa – The War office and reservist".
- {{London Gazette. (11 December 1914)
- {{London Gazette. (6 July 1915)
- In January 1917 he was promoted to brevet colonel{{London Gazette. (29 December 1916)
- {{London Gazette. (30 October 1917)
- {{London Gazette. (6 June 1919)
- {{London Gazette. (29 August 1930)
- {{London Gazette. (1 February 1935)
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