This is the first biography of General Sir Edward Bulfin, who rose
to high rank despite his Catholic Irish republican background, at a
time when sensitivities were pronounced. Not only that but by the
outbreak of the Great War, Bulfin was a brigade commander despite
having not attended Sandhurst or Staff College and never commanding
his battalion. In his early career he was a prot g of Buller's and
he made his name in the Boer War. In 1914 Haig credited him with
saving the day at First Ypres despite being wounded and gave him
28th Division. Unable to get on with Gough, he was sent home. He
raised the 60th London Division and took it to France, Salonika and
Egypt where Allenby chose him to command a corps. His success
against the Turks at Gaza, Jerusalem and Megiddo justified
Allenby's confidence. Despite ruthlessly crushing disturbances in
post-war Egypt, Bulfin's beliefs and background led him to refuse
Churchill's order to command the police and army in Ireland. A
private man, Bulfin left few letters and no papers and the author
is to be congratulated on piecing together this fascinating
biography of an enigmatic military figure.
General
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