| Příjmení: Surname: | Caunter | Caunter |
| Jméno: Given Name: | John Alan Lyde | John Alan Lyde |
| Jméno v originále: Original Name: | John Alan Lyde Caunter | |
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| Hodnost: Rank: | brigadýr | Brigadier |
| Akademický či vědecký titul: Academic or Scientific Title: | - | - |
| Šlechtický titul: Hereditary Title: | - | - |
| Datum, místo narození: Date and Place of Birth: | 17.12.1889 Banwell | 17.12.1889 Banwell |
| Datum, místo úmrtí: Date and Place of Decease: | 20.04.1981 Looe | 20.04.1981 Looe |
| Nejvýznamnější funkce: (maximálně tři) Most Important Appointments: (up to three) | - velitel Těžké obrněné brigády (egyptské) | - Commander Heavy Armoured Brigade (Egypt) |
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| Zdroje: Sources: | blogs.kcl.ac.uk | |
Caunter, John Alan Lyde
| Příjmení: Surname: | Caunter | Caunter |
| Jméno: Given Name: | John Alan Lyde | John Alan Lyde |
| Jméno v originále: Original Name: | John Alan Lyde Caunter | |
| Všeobecné vzdělání: General Education: | DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR Uppingham School | DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR Uppingham School |
| Vojenské vzdělání: Military Education: | DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.1909 Královská vojenská akademie DD.MM.1923-DD.MM.1923 Štábní kolej DD.MM.1927-DD.MM.1927 Škola pro starší dustojníky, Sheerness | DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.1909 Royal Military College DD.MM.1923-DD.MM.1923 Staff College DD.MM.1927-DD.MM.1927 Senior Officers School, Sheerness |
| Důstojnické hodnosti: Officer Ranks: | DD.MM.1909 druhý poručík DD.MM.1911 poručík DD.MM.1915 kapitán DD.MM.1919 major (čestný) DD.MM.1923 kapitán DD.MM.1924 major 01.07.1933 druhý poručík (čestný) 14.04.1935 podplukovník 06.07.1939 plukovník 06.07.1939 brigadýr (dočasný) 31.03.1944 brigadýr | DD.MM.1909 Second Lieutenant DD.MM.1911 Lieutenant DD.MM.1915 Captain DD.MM.1919 Major (Brevet) DD.MM.1923 Captain DD.MM.1924 Major 01.07.1933 Second Lieutenant (Brevet) 14.04.1935 Lieutenant Colonel 06.07.1939 Colonel 06.07.1939 Brigadier (Temporary) 31.03.1944 Brigadier |
| Průběh vojenské služby: Military Career: | ||
| Vyznamenání: Awards: | ||
| Poznámka: Note: | - služobné číslo: 12034 - hodnosť plukovníka so spetnou platnosťou od 01.07.1936 | - service number: 12034 - rank of colonel back dated to 01.07.1936 |
| Zdroje: Sources: | blogs.kcl.ac.uk | |
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His first education received at Uppingham School and subsequently at Royal Military College, Sandhurst. After graduation he received his first commission as a Second Lieutenant to Gloucestershire Regiment (Hart Centre Archives). In next time he serves with regiment at Bombay, India and 1911 is promoted to Lieutenant.
At the outbreak of the WWI, in 1914 he served with 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment at Bordon, Hampshire and with this unit also went in autumn to the battlefields in France and Belgium.
Shortly after arriving to the European battlefields, on October 31, 1914 he was captured near Gheluveld. Subsequently, he is held as POW in the Crefeld prisoners camp and after that at Schwarmstedlt, Hanover. From this camp in summer 1917 he managed to escape. On his escape, meets two more British soldiers and after some time, manages to reach the Dutch border (neutral country) and return to the UK on July 7, 1917. After his return, he gets an audience with HRH King George V (Smith, 2016). In 1918 Captain Caunter wrote and subsequently published his adventures from captivity under the title "13 days an escape from a German prison". During this period, he receives his first Military Cross.
He served from 1917 with the Salonika Army, Macedonia and Turkey, and in 1918 he received his bar to Military Cross. In 1918, he became a staff officer (GSO3) the Salonika Army. He holds this office until 1920, when is posted to the same position with the 6th Division (Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force) at Iraq (Hart Centre Archives).
In 1923, he completes his studies at the Staff College and in the following period worked as Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, British Army of the Rhine and 1927 he graduated at Senior Officers School, Sheerness. After complete of studies he returns to the staff duties as GSO2 of the Northern Command (Hart Centre Archives).
In period of years 1930-1933 he holds office as the Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General, Northern Ireland District.
In 1935, he became the commander of the 1st Battalion (Light), Royal Tank Corps, Egypt and he held this post until 1939, when he commanded the 1st Army Tank Brigade as Acting Brigadier for period of months July - October the same year (Generals).
From November 1939, was him given command of the Heavy Armoured Brigade in Egypt, with which he participate in the North African campaign. The brigade was over time transformed into the 4th Armoured Brigade and this unit he participated in battles such as the capture of Fort Capuzzo or Battle of Beda Fomm, Libya.
Caunter is in 1941 awarded with CBE for his actions during the battles in North Africa (Libya, Middle East) (National Archives). In April 1941, for a few days, he was as a Acting commander (GCO) of the 7th Armoured Division in North Africa.
From May 1941 to August 1943, he is transferred to India, where was the Director of Staff Duties (Armoured Troops) as well as the Brigadier for the General Staff, Armoured Troops, Army Headquarters India (Generals).
In 1942, his first wife, Helen Margaret Napier Napier, dies in New Delhi, with whom he had been married since 1920 and had a daughter, Pamela Margaret Napier, and a son, John Richard Lyde (Wikipedia).
31.03.1944 he retires with granted rank as Brigadier (The Gazette, 36446) and died at East Looe, in 1981.
References:
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for John Alan Lyde Caunter
Generals, Caunter, John Alan Lyde [online] generals.dk [Accessed 28 March 2024]
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London, CAUNTER, Brig John Alan Lyde (1889-1981) [online] archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk [Accessed 28 March 2024]
National Archives, Recommendation for Award for Caunter, John Allen Lyde [online] discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk 28 March 2024]
Smith, L. (2016) King's Collections, 13 Days: An Escape from a German Prison [online] blogs.kcl.ac.uk [Accessed 28 March 2024]
The London Gazette (Supplement), 28 March 1944, p. 1479 [online] www.thegazette.co.uk [Accessed 28 March 2024]
Wikipedia, John Alan Lyde Caunter [online] en.wikipedia.org [Accessed 28 March 2024].
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