Philip Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode


The Lord Chetwode
Portrait by John St Helier Lander, 1919
Born21 September 1869
Westminster, England
Died6 July 1950(1950-07-06) (aged 80)
Marylebone, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1889–1935
RankField Marshal
UnitOxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
19th Royal Hussars
Commands held19th Royal Hussars
London Mounted Brigade
5th Cavalry Brigade
2nd Cavalry Division
Desert Column
XX Corps
Aldershot Command
Commander-in-Chief, India
Battles/wars
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Member of the Order of Merit
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of India
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
Other workConstable of the Tower
President of the Royal Geographical Society

Field Marshal Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode, 7th Baronet of Oakley, GCB, OM, GCSI, KCMG, DSO, GCStJ (21 September 1869 – 6 July 1950), was a senior British Army officer. He saw action during the Second Boer War, during which he was present at the Siege of Ladysmith in December 1899. He saw action again during World War I on the Western Front, taking part in the First Battle of Ypres, and then in the Sinai and Palestine campaign during which he led his corps at the First Battle of Gaza in March 1917, at the Battle of Beersheba in October 1917 and the Battle of Jerusalem in November 1917.

After the War he held a series of senior military appointments including Adjutant-General to the Forces and then Commander in Chief Aldershot Command. He went on to be Chief of the General Staff in India in 1928 and Commander in Chief in India in 1930 and was much concerned with the modernisation and "Indianisation" of the army in India.


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