Robert Vere Buxton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Robert Vere Buxton

British cricketer (1883-1953)

Date of Birth: 29-Apr-1883

Place of Birth: Victoria, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Oct-1953

Profession: banker, soldier, cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Robert Vere Buxton

  • Robert Vere Buxton (29 April 1883 – 1 October 1953), known as Robin Buxton, was an English cricketer, soldier and banker.
  • Buxton was born in Belgravia, London, a son of Francis Buxton, Liberal Member of Parliament, barrister and banker.
  • He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Oxford.
  • He was a first-class cricketer.
  • He was in the Eton XI of 1902, scoring 3 and 74 against Harrow.
  • At Oxford he played in the University Match with Cambridge, scored 33 and 28, and received his Blue in 1906.
  • In 1906 and 1907, he played a few times for Middlesex.Buxton served in the Sudan Civil Service, 1907–11.
  • He then joined Martins Bank, becoming a director in 1913.
  • In November 1911, Buxton was commissioned in the West Kent (Queen's Own) Yeomanry in the Territorial Force.
  • During the First World War, he served as a captain in the West Kent Yeomanry before he was seconded to the Imperial Camel Corps in 1916.
  • Serving in the Middle East, he became a colleague of T.
  • E.
  • Lawrence.
  • In 1918, a long-distance raid to sever the Hejaz railway, was launched.
  • On 24 July, Nos.
  • 5 and 7 Companies of the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade commanded by Major Buxton, marched from the Suez Canal to arrive at Aqaba on 30 July.
  • On 8 August 1918, the Imperial Camel Corps, supported by the Royal Air Force, seized the well-defended Hejaz railway station at Mudawwara.
  • They captured a large number of Ottoman prisoners and two guns and destroyed the water towers, but suffered 17 casualties in the operation.
  • Buxton's two companies of Imperial Camel Corps continued on towards Amman, where they hoped to destroy the main bridge.
  • However 20 miles (32 km) from the city they were attacked by aircraft, forcing them to withdraw; they eventually arrived at Beersheba on 6 September, a march of 700 miles (1,100 km) in 44 days. He was awarded the DSO in 1919:For gallant and successful services when in command of a flying column of Imperial Camel Corps operating in the Northern Hejaz.
  • On August 8th, 1918, this column delivered a surprise attack on the strong Turkish post at Mudawara on the Hejaz Railway, 60 miles south of Maan.
  • As a result the station was captured and destroyed, 35 Turks being killed and 150 prisoners captured.
  • This operation – the success of which was largely due to Colonel Buxton's personal leadership and excellent dispositions – had the effect of completing the isolation of Medina and the Southern Hejaz garrisons from communication with the north.
  • He was also awarded the 3rd class of the Order of the Nile of Egypt and made an officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy.
  • He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in October 1919.After the war, Buxton returned to Martins Bank and his association with T.
  • E.
  • Lawrence continued as his banker and effectively the financier of the Subscribers' Edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
  • He was drawn by William Roberts for Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
  • Buxton was invited to revise chapters of the book.
  • From 1945, he was deputy chairman of Martins Bank and chairman of its London board.
  • He married Irene Marguerite Pix, widow of Sir Richard Levinge, 10th baronet, in 1916.
  • He had no issue.
  • He died in Itchen Abbas, Hampshire.

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