George Ronald Hamilton Cheape, 2nd of Tiroran, Isle of Mull, and of Wellfield near Strathmiglo, Fife, was born on 20th February 1881 in Burntisland District, Fife, Scotland, the son of George Clerk Cheape and his wife Maud Mary Hemming. He was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond, Perthshire and HMS Britannia Royal Naval College, (Modern Brittania Royal Naval College, Dartmouth), but decided on a career in the Army.
He served in the Boer War 1900 – 1902; World War I, (was GOC 86 Brigade 1917 – 1919); Brigadier General, Brevet Lt. Colonel 1st Dragoon Guards, Lt. Colonel 7th Bn. Black Watch 1920 – 1922
Awarded Croix de Guerre, DSO and Bar 1918, MC; Companion of the Order of St Michael & St George (CMG)
He married Margaret Bruce Ismay, elder daughter of (Joseph) Bruce Ismay, chairman and managing director of the White Star Line, (and of ‘Titanic’ fame), on 21st March 1912 in St George, Hanover Square District, London. They had the following children:
George Richard Cheape 11th June 1913 – 26th November 1997
Hugh Bruce Ismay Cheape 1919 - 2010
He died on 29th April 1957 in Kenya and is buried in Forest Road Cemetery, near Nairobi, where his grave is marked by a small memorial stone. His wife, Margaret, died 15th May 1967 in Arngask District, Perthshire, Scotland, aged 77.
There is a good 2/4 Pipe March, ‘Brigadier Ronald Cheape of Tiroran’, composed and dedicated to him by Pipe Major Donald MacLeod.
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He served in the Boer War 1900 – 1902; World War I, (was GOC 86 Brigade 1917 – 1919); Brigadier General, Brevet Lt. Colonel 1st Dragoon Guards, Lt. Colonel 7th Bn. Black Watch 1920 – 1922
Awarded Croix de Guerre, DSO and Bar 1918, MC; Companion of the Order of St Michael & St George (CMG)
He married Margaret Bruce Ismay, elder daughter of (Joseph) Bruce Ismay, chairman and managing director of the White Star Line, (and of ‘Titanic’ fame), on 21st March 1912 in St George, Hanover Square District, London. They had the following children:
George Richard Cheape 11th June 1913 – 26th November 1997
Hugh Bruce Ismay Cheape 1919 - 2010
He died on 29th April 1957 in Kenya and is buried in Forest Road Cemetery, near Nairobi, where his grave is marked by a small memorial stone. His wife, Margaret, died 15th May 1967 in Arngask District, Perthshire, Scotland, aged 77.
There is a good 2/4 Pipe March, ‘Brigadier Ronald Cheape of Tiroran’, composed and dedicated to him by Pipe Major Donald MacLeod.
Information provided by Mentiplay
George Ronald Hamilton Cheape, 2nd of Tiroran, Isle of Mull, and of Wellfield near Strathmiglo, Fife, was born on 20th February 1881 in Burntisland District, Fife, Scotland, the son of George Clerk Cheape and his wife Maud Mary Hemming. He was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond, Perthshire and HMS Britannia Royal Naval College, (Modern Brittania Royal Naval College, Dartmouth), but decided on a career in the Army.
He served in the Boer War 1900 – 1902; World War I, (was GOC 86 Brigade 1917 – 1919); Brigadier General, Brevet Lt. Colonel 1st Dragoon Guards, Lt. Colonel 7th Bn. Black Watch 1920 – 1922
Awarded Croix de Guerre, DSO and Bar 1918, MC; Companion of the Order of St Michael & St George (CMG)
He married Margaret Bruce Ismay, elder daughter of (Joseph) Bruce Ismay, chairman and managing director of the White Star Line, (and of ‘Titanic’ fame), on 21st March 1912 in St George, Hanover Square District, London. They had the following children:
George Richard Cheape 11th June 1913 – 26th November 1997
Hugh Bruce Ismay Cheape 1919 - 2010
He died on 29th April 1957 in Kenya and is buried in Forest Road Cemetery, near Nairobi, where his grave is marked by a small memorial stone. His wife, Margaret, died 15th May 1967 in Arngask District, Perthshire, Scotland, aged 77.
There is a good 2/4 Pipe March, ‘Brigadier Ronald Cheape of Tiroran’, composed and dedicated to him by Pipe Major Donald MacLeod.
Information provided by Mentiplay
He served in the Boer War 1900 – 1902; World War I, (was GOC 86 Brigade 1917 – 1919); Brigadier General, Brevet Lt. Colonel 1st Dragoon Guards, Lt. Colonel 7th Bn. Black Watch 1920 – 1922
Awarded Croix de Guerre, DSO and Bar 1918, MC; Companion of the Order of St Michael & St George (CMG)
He married Margaret Bruce Ismay, elder daughter of (Joseph) Bruce Ismay, chairman and managing director of the White Star Line, (and of ‘Titanic’ fame), on 21st March 1912 in St George, Hanover Square District, London. They had the following children:
George Richard Cheape 11th June 1913 – 26th November 1997
Hugh Bruce Ismay Cheape 1919 - 2010
He died on 29th April 1957 in Kenya and is buried in Forest Road Cemetery, near Nairobi, where his grave is marked by a small memorial stone. His wife, Margaret, died 15th May 1967 in Arngask District, Perthshire, Scotland, aged 77.
There is a good 2/4 Pipe March, ‘Brigadier Ronald Cheape of Tiroran’, composed and dedicated to him by Pipe Major Donald MacLeod.
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HUGH ANNESLEY CHEAPE / Nov. 1st 1877 May 27th 1918 / GEORGE RONALD HAMILTON CHEAPE / Feb. 20th 1881 April 29th 1957 / LESLIE St CLAIR CHEAPE / Oct. 5th 1882 April 23rd 1916 / GEORGE RICHARD CHEAPE / 11th June 1913 26th November 1997
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