Henry Keary

From 1887 to 1892, with a promotion to captain, he raised and then commanded a battalion of military police in Burma, as part of the operations to secure British control in the newly annexed country.

[2] In 1892, he was given a brevet promotion to major and appointed to command the 31st Madras Light Infantry, which was involved in suppressing a rebellion in the northern Chin Hills in 1892–93.

It later served in China (renamed the 31st Burma Light Infantry) as part of the Western relief force during the Boxer Rebellion, where Keary was again mentioned in despatches.

[2] Keary was in command of the Garhwal Brigade at the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, when it was mobilised for service in France as part of the Meerut Division.

It sailed for France in September, and was disembarking in Marseilles by 11 October, moving to the Western Front by the end of the month.