Frederick James Heyworth
Brigadier (United Kingdom), Brigadier General Frederick James Heyworth, CB, DSO (March 1863 – 9 May 1916) was a British Army officer who was killed in action by a sniper in Belgium during the World War I, First World War while in command of the 3rd Guards Brigade (United Kingdom), 3rd Guards Brigade. Military career His military career in the Standing army, Regular Army began in December 1883 when he transferred from the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Welsh Regiment (later the Welch Regiment) as a Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines), lieutenant into the Scots Guards. He served as an aide-de-camp to Major General G. H. Moncrieff from April 1890. Promoted to lieutenant colonel in April 1910, and to colonel in December 1911, he succeeded Colonel Gerald Cuthbert in command of the Scots Guards and the regimental district in October 1913. He was made a temporary brigadier general in August 1914 and in November succeeded Brigadier General Harold Ruggles-Brise, who had been severely ...
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