Francis Stewart Montague-Bates
| Francis Stewart Montague-Bates | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Monty |
| Born | 8 February 1876 |
| Died | 21 June 1954 (aged 78) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
|
| Service/branch |
 British Army
|
| Years of service | 1900–1932. 1940-1944 |
| Rank | Brigadier-General |
| Unit | East Surrey Regiment |
| Commands held | 1st Bn East Surrey Regiment 12th Bn Cheshire Regiment 77th Brigade 83rd Brigade 66th Brigade 242nd Brigade 141st (5th London) Brigade |
| Battles/wars |
2nd Boer War First World War Occupation of Turkey Anglo-Irish War Second World War |
| Awards |
CB (1919) CMG (1918) DSO (1917) Mentioned in dispatches six times (1915–19) Legion of Honour, 4th Class (France) Croix de Guerre avec Palme (France) Commander of the Order of the Redeemer, 3rd Class (Greece) |
Brigadier-General Francis Stewart 'Frank' Montague-Bates, CB, CMG, DSO, (1876–1954) was a British Army officer in the early part of the 20th century, seeing active service in the Second Boer War, the First World War, the Occupation of Constantinople, the Anglo-Irish War, and the Second World War.
Francis Stewart Montague-Bates was born on 8 February 1876, the only son of Henry Montague Bates and Mary Montague-Bates, her second husband, whom she married in 1872, following the death of her first husband from Cholera, Colonel Andrew Gammell of the 12th Lancers, in 1869. The family lived in London and also had property in Manaccan, Cornwall. Captain Montague Bates was married in Canada in 1910 to Gladys Thomas of Plymouth. They had one son, Patrick Montague Bates born in 1914, who, after education at Wellington College on a scholarship, joined Imperial Airways. He was a member of the RAFVR, called up in late 1939, trained as a pilot officer in 1940 and was shot down by a Messerschmidt 109 and killed in action in early 1941 piloting a Blenheim IV, whilst returning from a mission bombing a viaduct during the invasion of Crete by German Forces
Francis Stewart Montague Bates was educated at Appuldurcombe College on the Isle of Wight.
During the Second Boer War Montague-Bates was in Rangoon, Burma and was accepted on 12 February 1900 and served for a few months (135 days) as a corporal in B Section in Lumsden's Horse, a mounted infantry unit raised by Colonel Lumsden and supported by Sir Giles Playfair. The Unit was mainly composed of volunteers from regiments of the Indian Volunteer Force. On 4 August 1900 he was commissioned as a Second lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion East Surrey Regiment, which was serving elsewhere in the South African theatre, and for a while he commanded a section of a composite mounted infantry company formed from 2nd East Surreys and 1st Battalion Durham Light Infantry. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 25 May 1902, shortly before the end of the war.
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