Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson

The Lord Rawlinson
Baron Rawlinson in 1916
Born	20 February 1864 Westminster, London, England
Died	28 March 1925 (aged 61) Delhi, British India
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1884–1925
Rank	General
Unit	King's Royal Rifle Corps
Commands held	Staff College, Camberley 2nd Infantry Brigade 3rd Division 4th Division IV Corps British First Army British Fourth Army British Second Army Aldershot Command India
Battles/wars	Mahdist War Second Boer War First World War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Order of St. George (Russia)

General Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson, GCB, GCSI, GCVO, KCMG (20 February 1864 – 28 March 1925), known as Sir Henry Rawlinson, 2nd Baronet between 1895 and 1919, was a British First World War general best known for his roles in the Battle of the Somme of 1916 and the Battle of Amiens in 1918.

Rawlinson was born in Westminster, London. His father, Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, was an Army officer, and a renowned Middle East scholar who is generally recognised as the father of Assyriology. Rawlinson attended Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and entered the Army as a lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps in India on 6 February 1884. His first military experience was serving in Burma during an 1886 uprising.

In 1889, Rawlinson's mother died and he returned to Britain. He transferred to the Coldstream Guards and was promoted to captain on 4 November 1891. He served on General Herbert Kitchener's staff during the advance on Omdurman in Sudan in 1898, and was promoted to major on 25 January 1899 and to brevet lieutenant-colonel on 26 January 1899.