Arthur Asquith
| Arthur Melland Asquith | |
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Brigadier General Arthur M. Asquith (Ambrose McEvoy, 1918)
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| Born | 24 April 1883 |
| Died | 25 August 1939 (aged 56) Devon, England |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch | Royal Naval Division |
| Years of service | 1914–1917 |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Commands held | 189th Brigade, 63rd Division |
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| Awards |
Distinguished Service Order & Two Bars Mentioned in Despatches Croix de guerre (France) |
| Relations |
H. H. Asquith (father) Raymond Asquith (brother) |
H. H. Asquith (father)
Brigadier General The Honourable Arthur Melland Asquith DSO & Two Bars (24 April 1883 – 25 August 1939) was a senior officer of the Royal Naval Division, a Royal Navy land detachment attached to the British Army during the First World War. His father, H. H. Asquith was the British Prime Minister during the first three years of the conflict and later became the Earl of Oxford and Asquith. Arthur Asquith was wounded four times in the war and three times awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his bravery under fire. In December 1917, Asquith was seriously wounded during fighting near Beaucamp and was evacuated to Britain where one of his legs was amputated. Asquith retired from the military following his wound and worked for the Ministry of Munitions.
Arthur Asquith was born in 1883, the third son of politician H. H. Asquith and his wife Helen Melland, who died when Arthur was seven in 1891. Asquith was educated at Winchester College with his brothers and later attended New College, Oxford as an undergraduate. After completing his studies, he joined the trading firm Franklin & Herrera, with whom he did extensive business in Argentina.
When the First World War broke out in the summer of 1914, Asquith resigned from Franklin & Herrera and joined the Royal Navy, explaining that he could not "sit quietly by reading the papers" during the conflict. His elder brothers also joined up, Raymond Asquith was commissioned in the London Regiment and was killed in action in 1916 while Herbert Asquith joined the Royal Artillery. As the Royal Navy had too many recruits in the early months of the war, they formed a separate division to deploy on land known as the Royal Naval Division. This force was rapidly deployed to Belgium with Asquith as a junior officer.
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