Allegiance United Kingdom Name Felix Ready Died 1940 | Years of service 1891–1935 | |
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Battles/wars Second Boer WarWorld War I Awards Order of the British Empire, Order of the Bath Battles and wars Second Boer War, World War I | ||
Commands held 1st Infantry Division | ||
General Sir Felix Fordati Ready GBE KCB CSI CMG DSO (16 July 1872 – 6 April 1940) was a British Army officer who served as Quartermaster-General to the Forces from 1931 to 1935. He was considered an expert in military tactics.
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Military career
Ready was the son of Colonel John Tobin Ready. Educated at Wellington College, Ready was commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regiment in 1891. He took part in the Nile Expedition, the Siege of Khartoum and the Second Boer War.
He served in World War I as Adjutant-General in Mesopotamia. He was appointed General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District in 1926 before becoming General Officer Commanding 1st Infantry Division at Aldershot in 1929 and then Quartermaster-General to the Forces in 1931. He was made a general in 1934 and retired in 1935.
Personal life
In 1900, he married Marguerite Violet Daisy Cotterill. He died at his home in Kensington, London, on 6 April 1940, aged 67.