Allegiance United Kingdom Name Stuart Rawlins Died December 16, 1927 Rank Colonel | Years of service 1898-1927 Role 1880–1927 Service/branch British Army | |
Born 11 May 1880 ( 1880-05-11 ) Commands held Chemical Warfare Experimental Station, Porton Down Battles/wars Second Boer War
First World War Awards Order of the Bath, Order of St Michael and St George Battles and wars Second Boer War, World War I | ||
Colonel Stuart William Hughes Rawlins CB CMG DSO (11 May 1880 – 16 December 1927) was a British Army officer who led interwar experiments in chemical warfare at Porton Down.
Rawlins was the son of William Donaldson Rawlins QC and Elizabeth Margaret King. He was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was the cousin of Major General Stuart Blundell Rawlins.
He was commissioned into the Royal Marine Artillery on 1 January 1898 and transferred to the Royal Artillery on 3 May 1900. He served in the South African War. He attained the rank of Lieutenant of 3 April 1901 and was attached to the 5th (Uganda) Battalion of the King's African Rifles where he saw action against the Yobos tribe. Rawlins was promoted to Captain on 1 April 1910 and passed the Staff College, Camberley. He was promoted to Major on 10 October 1914 and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel on 1 January 1916, serving as the Brigade Major of the artillery of the 7th Division between 1914 and 1915. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1915. He was awarded the Croix de guerre in 1916. He became a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1918. He was Mentioned in Dispatches ten times over the course of the First World Waar. He was promoted to Colonel in 1919 and was the Commandant of the Chemical Warfare Experimental Station at Porton Down from the same year until 1925. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in June 1924 in recognition for his work at Porton Down. At the time of his death he was the Commander of the 2nd Division in Aldershot.
He was the father of Vice Admiral John Rawlins.