Cecil Henry ANDERSON-PELHAM

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ANDERSON-PELHAM, Cecil Henry

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	1st Queensland Mounted Infantry
Born:	Licolnshire, England, United Kingdom, 25 January 1874
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Castor, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, 14 November 1945, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Lieutenant, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry
1 Nov 1899:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 448 notes 1st QMI embarked 1 Nov 1899 aboard Cornwall arriving Cape Town 13 Dec 1899.
21 Jan 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 449 notes 1st QMI embarked 13 Dec 1900 returning to Australia aboard Orient arriving Brisbane 17 Jan 1901, disbanded 23 Jan 1901.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Cecil Henry Anderson-Pelham was born 25 Jan 1874 in Lincolnshire, England, a son to Hon. Evelyn Cornwallis Anderson-Pelham and Harriet Francis Anderson-Pelham (nee Hutton). He married Hon. Georgina Hamilton on 12 Nov 1902 in Dublin, Ireland.

He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1891 in the 4th Battalion Licolnshire Regiment and promoted to lieutenant in 1893. He was appointed as a extra Aide-de-camp to the Governor of the Colony of Queensland, Lord Lamington, seconded as a Lieutenant in 1897 and promoted to Captain the same year. He served with the 1st Queensland contingent during the South African (Boer) war between 1899 and 1901. He continued his military career upon returning to England and served with the British Army Remount Service rising to rank of Major during WW1. On 3 Jun 1919 he was appointed a OBE by King George V. He relinquished his commission on reaching age limit on 25 Jan 1924.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 450; The Peerage of Britain, Person Page 53249).

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