Given the question: What key details about henry rodolph davies can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: major-general henry rodolph davies , cb -lrb- 21 september 1865 - 4 january 1950 -rrb- was a british army officer , who commanded the 11th -lrb- northern -rrb- division during the first world war . he was born in 1865 , the son of henry fanshawe davies , an army officer who would later rise to the rank of lieutenant-general . henry junior was educated at eton , where he was proficient in oriental languages . davies joined the army , and was sent to british-controlled burma in 1887 and to siam in 1892 . in 1893 he was attached to a survey unit tasked with surveying the passes between burma and china which located the crouching tiger pass , the heavenly horse pass and the han dragon pass . on completion of the team 's objectives davies remained in china to explore the yunnan area . on his return to england he was asked to survey a potential railway route from india to the yangtze river via yunnan and in 1898 returned to burma . by mid-1899 his team had travelled nearly 2,500 miles of the proposed route , mapping the terrain in detail . he wrote a book about his experiences and in 1906 was awarded the royal geographical society 's murchison award . he was involved in the tirah campaign -lrb- 1897 -- 98 -rrb- , where he was mentioned in despatches , the boxer rebellion -lrb- 1900 -rrb- , and the second boer war -lrb- 1901-1902 -rrb- . in 1911 he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and ordered back to britain to take command of the 2nd battalion , oxfordshire and buckinghamshire light infantry . on the outbreak of the first world war , the 2nd battalion was at aldershot and was mobilised as part of the 5th brigade , 2nd division , in the british expeditionary force . davies remained in command of the battalion through the first campaigns on the western front , until promoted to take command of the 3rd brigade in 1915 . he remained with the brigade until transferred to the 33rd brigade in 11th -lrb- northern -rrb- division in 1917 . in may of that year , after major-general archibald ritchie was wounded , davies...
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- battles is third anglo-burmese war second boer war first world war- death date is 04 january 1950- commands is 2nd -lrb- northern -rrb- division 49th -lrb- west riding -rrb- division battalion , oxfordshire and buckinghamshire light infantry 11th- awards is companion in dispatches of the order of the bath , mentioned- birth date is 21 september 1865- name is henry rodolph davies cb- branch is 23px british army- rank is major-general