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Field Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, KStJ (13 March 1857 – 16 July 1932) was a senior British Army officer of the First World War.
Viscount Plumer, of Messines and of Bilton in the County of York, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 3 June 1929 for the soldier and colonial official Field Marshal Herbert Plumer, 1st Baron Plumer .
Field Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer G.C.B. is buried in the chapel of St George at the west end of the nave of Westminster Abbey. He was a distinguished commander during the 1914-1918 war, Governor of Malta and High Commissioner for Palestine.
In May 1915, when World War One was well underway, Plumer was given command of the Second Army Corps based in Ypres Salient. Once in place, he withdrew as many men and as much equipment as possible from the Salient and moved to the immediate vicinity of Ypres.
Nov 25, 2004 · This is a great read. It is the biography of Field Marshall Viscount Herbert Plumer of Messines. The author's father, who was wounded twice in the First World War, 'had little respect for the British generals who he blamed for the slaughter among his generation. He admitted only two exceptions.
Field Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE (13 March 1857 – 16 July 1932) was a British Army officer who served in World War I. After commanding V Corps at the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915, he took command of the Second Army in May 1915 and won...
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Field Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, was a senior British Army officer of the First World War. After commanding V Corps at the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915, he took command of the Second Army in May 1915 and in June 1917 won an overwhelming victory over the German Army at the Battle of Messines, which ...
