| Percival Scott Beves | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Percival Scott Beves |
| Born | 1863 or 1868 |
| Died | 26 September 1924 (aged 61 or 56) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom South Africa |
| Service |  British Army Union Defence Force |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Battles / wars | Second Boer War World War I |
| Awards | See honors section |
| Other work | Military Governor of South West Africa (1915) |
Brigadier Percival Scott Beves, CMG, CB (1863 or 1868 – 26 September 1924) was a British and South African military officer.
Life
Beves went to The Leys School in Cambridge and joined the British Army in 1887. A year later he was already serving in India and Burma and shortly afterwards became an instructor at the Wargrave Military College in the United Kingdom. Here he taught military tactics, topography, engineering and military law until 1890.
He then took part in the Second Boer War until February 1900, including in the Battle of Ladysmith. From then on, Beves lived in the South African Republic.
During World War I, Beves was military governor of South West Africa, present-day Namibia, from 11 July 1915 to 30 October 1915. As a member of the South African military, the Union Defence Force (UDF), he played a key role in the campaign against German South West Africa through his landing in Lüderitz. In 1917 he went to German East Africa to take part in the campaign there.
Beves died in 1924 from complications resulting from a malaria infection he had contracted in East Africa.
Honors
In 1916, Beves received the Order of Saint Stanislaus 2nd Class with Sword from the Russian Empire. In 1917, he became Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) and a year later Companion of The Most Honorable Order of the Bath (CB). Beves was also a recipient of the Queen's South Africa Medal with 2 service clasps and the King's South Africa Medal with 2 service clasps.
Bibliography
- Brock Katz, David (2022). General Jan Smuts and His First World War in Africa, 1914–1917 – Incorporating His German South West and East Africa Campaigns. Casemate Publishers. ISBN 978-1-63624-018-3.
- Cruise, Adam (2015). Louis Botha’s War – The Campaign in German South-West Africa, 1914–1915. Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-1-77022-753-8.
- The Colonial Official List, 1919. Great Britain Colonial Office, Princeton University, 1919 (available online)
References
- Brock Katz 2022, p. 61 f.
- The Colonial Official List, 1919. p. 549.
- Brock Katz 2022, p. 293.
- Proclamations by Brigadier-General Percival Scott Beves, Military Governor of the Protectorate of South West Africa in Military Occupation of the Union Forces. Official Gazette, 30 September 1915, No. 16.
- Cruise 2015.
- Brock Katz 2022, p. 79 f.
- Brock Katz 2022, p. 318.
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byLouis Botha | Military Governor of South West Africa 11 July 1915 – 30 October 1915 |
Succeeded byEdmond Gorgesas Administrator of South West Africa |
- 1860s births
- 1924 deaths
- British military personnel of the Second Boer War
- British military personnel of World War I
- South African military personnel of World War I
- British Army brigadiers
- Colonial people in South West Africa
- Colonial governors and administrators
- Deaths from malaria
- Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 2nd class
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- People educated at The Leys School