Name Archibald Paris Role Royal Marines officer | Died 1937 | |
General Sir Archibald Paris, (9 November 1861 – 30 October 1937) was a Royal Marine officer who commanded the Royal Naval Division in the First World War. He was father of Brigadier Archibald Paris, who served in the Second World War in Malaya.
Biography
Paris was commissioned a lieutenant in the Royal Marine Artillery on 1 September 1879, promoted to captain on 7 May 1890, and to major on 18 August 1898. He served in the Second Boer War in South Africa (1899–1902), and received a brevet promotion to lieutenant colonel in the South African Honours list published on 26 June 1902. Following the end of the war, in late May 1902, he continued on special service in South Africa.
Paris commanded the Naval Division from its concentration in Antwerp and he was seen to have preserved the particular identity and character of the Division while it fought alongside the Army. While in Belgium he was promoted from the rank of Major General to General early October 1914. On 14 October 1916, he was wounded in the shoulder, the back and he lost his left leg and consequently had to relinquish his command.
He died on 30 October 1937.
For his war service, Paris was made a Commander of the Belgian Order of Leopold (with Swords), awarded the Belgian Croix de guerre and the French Croix de Guerre.