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- Major-General Sir Reginald John Pinney KCB DL (2 August 1863 – 18 February 1943) was a British Army officer who served as a divisional commander during the First World War. While commanding a division at the Battle of Arras in 1917, he was immortalised as the "cheery old card" of Siegfried Sassoon's poem "". Pinney served in South Africa during the Boer War with the Royal Fusiliers, and at the outbreak of the First World War was given command of a brigade sent to reinforce the Western Front in November 1914. He led it in the early part of 1915, taking heavy losses at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. That September he was given command of the 35th Division, a New Army division of "bantam" soldiers, which first saw action at the Battle of the Somme; after three months in action, he was exchanged with the commander of the 33rd Division. He commanded the 33rd at Arras in 1917, with mixed results, and through the German spring offensive in 1918, where the division helped stabilise the defensive line after the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps was routed. After the war, he retired to rural Dorset, where he served as a local justice of the peace, as High Sheriff for the county, and as a Deputy Lieutenant. (en)
- Reginald John Pinney est un officier supérieur de l'Armée britannique, né le 2 août 1863 et mort le 18 février 1943. Général de division durant la Première Guerre mondiale, il s'illustre notamment à la bataille d'Arras (1917), inspirant à Siegfried Sassoon son poème Le Général. Pinney sert en Afrique du Sud pendant la seconde guerre des Boers avec les Royal Fusiliers. Au début de la Première Guerre mondiale, il commande une brigade envoyée pour renforcer le front de l'Ouest en novembre 1914. En mars de l'année 1915, la brigade subit de lourdes pertes lors de la bataille de Neuve-Chapelle. En septembre de la même année, Pinney assure le commandement de la 35e division, une unité de la Kitchener's Army composée de soldats bantams déployée pour la première fois lors de la bataille de la Somme. Après trois mois au front, Pinney est muté à la tête d'une nouvelle division, la 33e, qu'il commande à Arras en 1917, puis durant l'offensive du Printemps en 1918, où sa division contribue à stabiliser la ligne défensive après la mise en déroute du corps expéditionnaire portugais. Après la guerre, il se retire dans une région rurale du comté de Dorset, où il endosse d'abord le poste de juge de paix, puis shérif du comté, et enfin Deputy Lieutenant. Il est également colonel honoraire de son ancien régiment, les Royal Fusiliers. (fr)
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- 33rd Division
- 35th Division
- 23rd Brigade
- 4th Battalion,Royal Fusiliers
- Devon and Cornwall Brigade
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*Battle of Neuve Chapelle
*Battle of the Somme
*Battle of Arras
*Battle of Hazebrouck
*Hundred Days Offensive (en)
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- Pinney, photographed between 1915 and 1919 (en)
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- Reginald John Pinney (en)
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- "Good-morning; good-morning!" the General said (en)
- "He's a cheery old card," grunted Harry to Jack (en)
- And we're cursing his staff for incompetent swine. (en)
- As they slogged up to Arras with rifle and pack. (en)
- But he did for them both by his plan of attack. (en)
- When we met him last week on our way to the line. (en)
- Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of 'em dead, (en)
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- — Siegfried Sassoon, "The General" (en)
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- General Officer Commanding the 33rd Division (en)
- General Officer Commanding the 35th Division (en)
- Colonel of the Royal Fusiliers (en)
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- 1924 (xsd:integer)
- July 1915 – September 1916 (en)
- September 1916 – February 1919 (en)
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- Reginald John Pinney est un officier supérieur de l'Armée britannique, né le 2 août 1863 et mort le 18 février 1943. Général de division durant la Première Guerre mondiale, il s'illustre notamment à la bataille d'Arras (1917), inspirant à Siegfried Sassoon son poème Le Général. Après la guerre, il se retire dans une région rurale du comté de Dorset, où il endosse d'abord le poste de juge de paix, puis shérif du comté, et enfin Deputy Lieutenant. Il est également colonel honoraire de son ancien régiment, les Royal Fusiliers. (fr)
- Major-General Sir Reginald John Pinney KCB DL (2 August 1863 – 18 February 1943) was a British Army officer who served as a divisional commander during the First World War. While commanding a division at the Battle of Arras in 1917, he was immortalised as the "cheery old card" of Siegfried Sassoon's poem "". (en)
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- Reginald Pinney (fr)
- Reginald Pinney (en)
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