Budden, Francis Henry, 1887-1953
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- 1887-1953
Budden, Francis Henry, son of Hanson Odell Budden, of Oxford, by Jane Henrietta, daughter of Major-Gen. Francis Edward Archibald Chamier, C. B., C. I. E., of London; b. March 4, 1887; adm. May 4, 1899 (H); Q.S. Sept. 27, 1900; left Easter 1905; R.M.A. Woolwich 1905-7; 2nd Lieut. Royal Engineers July 24, 1907; Lieut. May 2, 19IO; Capt. Oct. 30, 1914; acting Major Jan. 24, 1917 - July 10, 1919; Brevet Major Jan. 1, 1918; employed under the Ministry of Munitions Oct. 21, 1918 - Jan. 15, 1919; temp. Major and D. A. D. of Works, India, Aug. 5 - Sept. 11, 1919; served in France 1915 and 1917, and Salonika 1915-6; mentioned in despatches L. G. Dec. 6, 1916, and Dec. 14, 1917; M.C. Jan. 1, 1917; served in the Afghan War 1919; Lieut.-Col. May 1, 1932; retired Nov. 30, 1933; employed with Indian State Railways 1912-33; R. & E. Dept., Min. of Home Security, 1939-43; jt. sec., New Towns Committee, 1945; Public Relations Officer, Institution of Civil Engineers from 1953; author of Railway Statistics and the Operating Officer (1925); m. Dec. 15, 1913, Mary Ethel, daughter of Louis Gould Liepmann, of Gedling, Notts; d. Oct. 16, 1953.