Geoffrey Armitage

Major-General Geoffrey Thomas Alexander Armitage CBE (5 July 1917 – 23 June 1996) was a British Army officer.

Geoffrey Armitage
Born5 July 1917
Died23 June 1996 (aged 78)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands heldRoyal Armoured Corps Centre
North East District
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross

Military career

Educated at Haileybury,[1] Armitage was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 26 August 1937[2] and served as a war substantive captain in the Second World War.[3] He became Commandant, Royal Armoured Corps Centre in 1962, Chief of Staff, I (British) Corps in 1966 and General Officer Commanding, North East District in August 1970 before retiring in January 1973.[4]

References

  1. "Orders of Chivalry Haileybury 1912-1962". Haileybury School. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. "No. 34430". The London Gazette. 27 August 1937. p. 5442.
  3. "No. 37239". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 August 1945. p. 4319.
  4. "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
John Ward-Harrison
GOC North East District
1970–1973
Succeeded by
John Ward-Harrison
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