DE SAUSMAREZ, CECIL, Captain, was born
29 September 1870, son of the Reverend Havilland De Sausmarez and Anne Preaulx
Walters. He was educated at Winchester, and at the Royal Military Academy,
Woolwich, and entered the Royal Artillery 27 July 1889, becoming Lieutenant 27
July 1892, and Captain 13 September 1899. He served in the South African War,
1900-2, as Special Service Officer 3 January to 22 January 1900; employed with
Transport 23 January 1900 to 21 August 1902. Captain De Sausmarez was present
at operations in the Transvaal 30 November 1900 to January 1901; February to
December 1901; operations in Orange River Colony, March and April, 1901;
operations in Cape Colony, January to February 1901, and December 1901, to 31
May 1902. He was twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 September
1901, and 29 July 1902]; received the Queen's Medal with three clasps; the
King's Medal with two clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished
Service Order [London Gazette, 27 September 1901]: "Cecil De Sausmarez,
Captain, Royal Garrison Artillery. In recognition of services during the
operations in South Africa". The Insignia were presented by the King 24
October 1902. From 1904 to 1909 he commanded the 22nd Derajat Mountain
Battery. Captain De Sausmarez served on the North-West Frontier of India in
1908, taking part in operations in the Zakka Khel country. He was mentioned
in Despatches [London Gazette, 22 May 1908], and was given the Brevet of Major
16 July 1903. From 17 April, 1909, until 1910, he was DAAG, Abbottabad
Brigade, and he became Major 21 July 1910, and from 1910 to 16 April 1913, was
GSO2, 2nd (Rawalpindi) Division. He served in the European War from February
to September 1914. He was mentioned in Despatches; given the Brevet of
Lieutenant Colonel 18 February 1915, and was severely wounded while commanding
the 108th Heavy Battery at the Aisne. He was specially employed at the War
Office from 28 January 1915, as DAAG, from 23 March to 9 July 1915; as AAG, 10
July 1915 to 11 February 1917; as Deputy Director of Mobilization 12 December
1917 to 31 January 1919; as Inspector of Demobilization, War Office, 1
February 1919. He was three times mentioned in Despatches; given the Brevet
of Colonel 1 January 1919, and created a CMG in 1918. He had been promoted
Lieutenant Colonel on 17 July 1916, and Temporary Brigadier General from 12
December 1917. He married, in 1905, Mildred, eldest daughter of the Reverend
J P Morgan, and they had two daughters.
