Percy Scarlett

Major-General Hon. Percy Gerald Scarlett CB MC DL (10 April 1885 – 5 October 1957) was a senior British Army officer.

Hon. Percy Gerald Scarlett
Born10 April 1885
DiedOctober 5, 1957(1957-10-05) (aged 72)
Kent, England[1]
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1907−1942
RankMajor-General
Service number3993
UnitBuffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Commands held12th Infantry Brigade
4th Indian Infantry Division
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath, Military Cross, Mentioned in Dispatches

Early life

Scarlett was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Leopold James Yorke Campbell Scarlett and Bessie Florence Gibson, and the great-grandson of James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger.[2] He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire. Three of his brothers succeeded to the Abinger Barony, and in 1904 Scarlett was granted the style and precedence of the younger son of a baron by Royal Warrant.[2]

Military career

He attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) in 1907.[3] He fought in the First World War,[4] during which he was Mentioned in Dispatches. He was awarded the Military Cross.

After graduating from the Staff College, Camberley in 1921,[5] he was promoted to brevet lieutenant-colonel he was in the service of the Shanghai Defence Force from 1927 to 1928.[3] Promoted to brigadier, he served as commander of the 12th Infantry Brigade and Deputy Constable of Dover Castle between 1936 and 1938.[3] Promoted to major-general he was General Officer Commanding the Deccan District in India in 1938.[3] He saw service in the Second World War and was General Officer Commanding the Indian 4th Infantry Division from 1939 to 1940.[3] He became Director of Mobilization in 1940 and was Deputy Adjutant-General between 1940 and 1942.[3] Scarlett was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1941[6] and held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Kent in 1949.[7] Between 1943 and 1953 he was the Colonel of the Buffs.[3] He was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1952.

Marriage

He married Margaret Macdonald Humphreys, daughter of Thomas Humphreys, on 21 November 1928. They had no children.[8]

References
  1. Smart 2005, p. 281.
  2. "Abinger, Baron (UK)". Cracroft's Peerage: The Complete Guide to the British Peerage & Baronetage. 1835. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  3. "Percy Scarlett". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  4. Simon Robbins, British Generalship on the Western Front 1914-1918: Defeat Into Victory (Routledge, 17 Dec 2004), 42.
  5. Smart 2005, p. 280.
  6. "No. 35029". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1941. p. 3.
  7. "No. 38789". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 December 1949. p. 6036.
  8. "Margaret Macdonald Humphreys". The Peerage.com (entry #1336). Retrieved 3 November 2014.

Bibliography
  • Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.
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