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Obituary (Daily Telegraph?) ...mber 20 1957
MAJ.-GEN. H.H.A. EMERSON
THE R.A.M.C. AT HOME AND ABROAD
Major-General H. H .A. Emerson C.B., DSO.? who died on Sunday at the
age of 76, was Director of Hygiene, War Office, from 1935 to 1939. The son
of R. H. M. Emerson, Henry Horace Andrews Emerson was born on
September 14 1881, and was educated at Rathmines School, Dublin, where
he became captain of the School. Crossing over the road to Trinity
College, he graduated in Arts and Medicine and was elected captain of
the University Boat Club. At Trinity he gained the Stewart Scholarship
in Anatomy and Physiology.
Gazetted to a commission in the R. A. M. C., Emerson was placed on the
roster for foreign service, and in due course embarked for the East,
but returned home in time for the Great War of 1914-18. In 1915 he left
for the Western Front, serving in Flanders and France in command of a
casualty clearing station; he commanded it with outstanding merit and
success, and was rewarded with the D.S.O. and Croix de Guerre. he was
three times mentioned in dispatches.
In 1928 Emerson left for India on appointment to a Deputy Directorship
of Hygiene and Pathology at Army Headquarters. He had recently been
made a brevet lieutenant-colonel, an advancement which ensured his
reaching the higher ranks in the medical service. He was promoted to
substantive colonel in 1934 and became Director of Hygiene, War Office,
in the following year. He retired in 1939, in which year he was
appointed C.B.
Emerson possessed many sterling qualities of heart and mind.
Conscientious, trustful, hardworking and a "go-getter" himself, he
expected like qualities in others. He was quick in sizing up the
character and capabilities of his officers, and recognized merit where
it was due, and so created contentment and received loyalty in return."
(Richard Emerson email 3 June 2008)
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