28-578: Mallaby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Aubertin Walter Sothern Mallaby (1899–1945), British Indian Army officer Christopher Mallaby (born 1936), British diplomat George Mallaby (disambiguation) , multiple people Sebastian Mallaby (born 1964), English journalist and writer See also [ edit ] Harry Mallaby-Deeley (1863–1937), British politician [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
56-563: A Second Lieutenant, initially on the Unattached List, Indian Army on 1 October 1918 before being gazetted to the 27th Punjabis on 8 October. He transferred to the 67th Punjabis (later 1st battalion, 2nd Punjab regiment) on 20 July 1919 and promoted lieutenant on 1 October 1919. He served in Waziristan between 1921 and 1924. He received promotion to captain on 1 October 1924. Mallaby attended Camberley Staff College between 1930–1931 and
84-561: A catalyst for the battle to come. The British ordered an Indonesian surrender, and on 10 November they rolled out a large retaliatory attack. His death also caused the British command to lose trust in the Indonesian politicians. He received a posthumous Mention In Despatches in April 1946 as a Temporary Brigadier. Mallaby's killer was an unsolved mystery. Reportedly, his identity was only known by
112-719: A new Joint Services Command and Staff College would replace the Staff College, the Royal Naval Staff College , RAF Staff College , and Joint Service Defence College in 1997. The building is now known as Robertson House, and houses the Gurkha Brigade Association and the Army Medical Services. The buildings were retained by the Ministry of Defence, and are used by a number of occupants, including
140-404: A number of top republicans such as Doel Arnowo and Roeslan Abdulgani . The top republicans however, were displeased to learn of the attack on Mallaby, knowing that his death may result in dire consequence to Surabaya and its residents. They asked the killer to keep silent and told nobody about his involvement in the killing. Although Doel Arnowo admitted in 1970 that a young republican was indeed
168-539: A stage name; d. 1912) and Katharine Mary Francis, daughter of George Miller, CB , Assistant Secretary of the Board of Education (son of Rev. Sir Thomas Combe Miller, 6th Baronet ) on 12 December 1899. His younger brother was the public servant George Mallaby , British High Commissioner to New Zealand from 1957 to 1959. Mallaby attended Brighton College and then Wellington Cadet College in India before being commissioned as
196-654: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Aubertin Walter Sothern Mallaby Brigadier Aubertin Walter Sothern Mallaby CIE OBE (12 December 1899 – 30 October 1945) was a British Indian Army officer who was killed in a shootout during the Battle of Surabaya in what was then the newly proclaimed as independent Republic of Indonesia during the Indonesian National Revolution . At
224-670: The Indian Army ). It had its origins in the Royal Military College, High Wycombe , founded in 1799, which in 1802 became the Senior Department of the new Royal Military College . In 1858 the name of the Senior Department was changed to "Staff College", and in 1870 this was separated from the Royal Military College. Apart from periods of closure during major wars, the Staff College continued to operate until 1997, when it
252-410: The surname Mallaby . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mallaby&oldid=784500628 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
280-463: The Indonesians, and the following day the Indonesians began launching attacks on the 49th Brigade. To quench the fighting, Mallaby was able to contact General Hawthorn through an intermediary and arrange a meeting between himself and President Sukarno , where they negotiated a ceasefire. Mallaby was killed on 30 October 1945. At the time, he was travelling about Surabaya under a white flag to spread
308-462: The International building, led by Major Venu K. Gopal, fired into the air to disperse the Indonesian militia. The militia, thinking that the British were taking hostile action, fired back at the British troops. Captain R.C. Smith, who was in the stationary car, reported that a young Republican shot and killed Mallaby after a short conversation. Smith then reported throwing a grenade from the car in
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#1732852474069336-403: The college, and in 1905 naval officers were introduced. With the threat of a second war with Germany, the college was expanded and restructured in 1938, with a junior wing at Camberley for officers of an average age of 29 years, and a senior wing at Minley Manor , Farnborough , for graduates of the school returned for further training, and aged about 35 years. In 1994 it was announced that
364-480: The direction of where he thought the shooter had hidden. Although he was not sure whether or not it hit its target, the explosion caused the back seat of the car to ignite. Other accounts, according to the same source, stated that it was the explosion and not a shooter that killed Mallaby. Whatever the exact circumstances of his demise, Mallaby's death was a significant turning point for the hostilities in Surabaya, and
392-553: The idea of a senior or staff department in the proposed college, was opened in the same year by Colonel Le Marchant, at the Antelope Inn, High Wycombe , and designated the Royal Military College, High Wycombe , with himself as commandant . This facility was officially recognised by royal warrant in 1801 as the senior department of the Royal Military College which was to open at a large house in 1802 in Great Marlow . Le Marchant
420-486: The junior department (which trained aspiring officers before they were commissioned) at Sandhurst . The college underwent a decline and by 1857 the annual admissions had fallen to just six. In 1858 the name was changed to "the Staff College" and it was made independent of the Royal Military College in 1870. It now had its own commandant and adjutant , although continued to be administered by Sandhurst until 1911. Proper entry and final examinations had been introduced for
448-420: The killer, his name was not mentioned. Until their deaths, they kept the identity of the killer a secret. 73 years later after the incident, a local Ampel resident, Muhammad Chotib, revealed an untold story to the media and told that his late father, Abdul Aziz a.k.a Endog (Javanese word of Egg, due to his job as egg seller), was Mallaby's killer. Local Surabaya historian Ady Erlianto Setyawan also confirmed that
476-559: The leader of the revolutionaries, Moestopo ; Moestopo stated that they would not oppose the British forces. Mallaby and his brigade worked under constant supervision by the Indonesians, whom he later told that he was focused on finding the POWs. However, the situation became more heated on 27 October after Mallaby interpreted pamphlets demanding the immediate surrender of the Indonesians' weapons, signed by General Douglas Hawthorn , as an order. Communications were broken between Mallaby's forces and
504-454: The news about the ceasefire agreement and rescue some stranded Mahratta troops, despite being warned of the danger by Force 136 troops. When his car approached the British troops' post in the International building near the Jembatan Merah ("Red Bridge"), his car was surrounded by Indonesian Republican militia. Fearing that their commander was about to be attacked, the British troops in
532-618: The possibility of Abdul Aziz being the killer was high, since the claim is also supported by testimony of the last known witness present on the killing site, a Republican journalist of Arab descent, Amak Altuwy. Mallaby married Margaret Catherine Jones (known as Mollie) on 9 April 1935 at St Mark's Church, North Audley Street, London. Mallaby is buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery in Menteng Pulo, Jakarta . His son, Sir Christopher Mallaby ,
560-459: The primarily military subjects taught. Purpose-built premises were approved in 1858 and built between 1859 and 1863 to a design by James Pennethorne , adjacent to the Royal Military College (but over the county boundary in Camberley ). During the 1870s there were just forty students although numbers increased to sixty students in the 1880s. In 1903 officers of the colonial forces were allowed to join
588-691: The rank of Brigadier and remained at the War Office until 1942. He was appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire OBE as Major, temporary Lt-Col, acting Brigadier. Mallaby returned to India and served as major and second in command of the 6th Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment, from April to August 1943. In August 1943 he was given command of a battalion of the Hyderabad Regiment but after only 6 weeks in command he
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#1732852474069616-479: The time of his death, Mallaby was the Commanding Officer (CO) of the 49th Indian Infantry Brigade . Mallaby's death became a major event of hostilities in Surabaya surrounding Indonesian independence, triggering a retaliatory military action by the 5th Indian Infantry Division . Mallaby was born to actor and acting company manager William Calthorpe Mallaby (né William Calthorpe Deeley- his father insisted on
644-770: Was advanced to lieutenant-colonel in October 1944. Mallaby was appointed a Companion of The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire in the London Gazette of 1 January 1945 as a temporary Brigadier. He led the 49th Indian Infantry Brigade (part of the 5th Indian Division) to Indonesia in the middle of the national revolution , to find and repatriate former Japanese prisoners of war. He arrived in Surabaya on 25 October 1945. Upon landing, he sent Captain Douglas MacDonald to contact
672-487: Was appointed Director of Military Operations at G. H. Q. India with the acting rank of Major General. He was promoted from acting to temporary Major-General and war substantive Colonel on 1 March 1944. In order to obtain operational experience he dropped in rank to temporary Brigadier in July 1944 and was given command of the 49th Indian Infantry Brigade , then serving with the 23rd Indian Division. His substantive (permanent) rank
700-574: Was appointed a General Staff Officer, 3rd grade on 5 February 1933, being promoted to General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (for RAF co-operation duties), on 1 April 1933. This appointment lasted until 4 February 1937. He was promoted brevet major on 1 July 1935 and substantive major on 1 October 1936. He was appointed a General Staff Officer, 2nd grade at the War Office in London on 1 March 1938 (being promoted war substantive Lt-Col on 15 August 1941), later being appointed Deputy Director of Military Operation in
728-468: Was later British Ambassador to Germany and to France. Patrick Heren, writing for Standpoint , notes that Mallaby was considered a "thinking soldier" who preferred discourse over fighting. Footnotes Bibliography Camberley Staff College Staff College, Camberley , Surrey , was a staff college for the British Army and the presidency armies of British India (later merged to form
756-753: Was merged into the new Joint Services Command and Staff College . The equivalent in the Royal Navy was the Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich , and the equivalent in the Royal Air Force was the RAF Staff College, Bracknell . In 1799, Colonel John Le Marchant submitted a proposal to the Duke of York , the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces , for a Royal Military College. A private officer training school, based on
784-568: Was now appointed as Lieutenant-Governor and Superintendent-General of the College. The course lasted for two years and in 1808 was specifically stated as intended to train future commanding officers and staff officers. Until 1858, students were required to pay to attend. The senior department of the Royal Military College moved to a building in West Street in Farnham , Surrey , in 1813 and in 1820 joined
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