Charles John Girling

Charles John Girling (born October 20, 1892 ) was a British diplomat .

Life and activity

Girling was a son of the businessman Ernest Girling and his wife Amy.

From January 20, 1920 to December 31, 1924 Girling was a member of the staff of the British Embassy in Berlin under Lord d'Abernon. From August 24, 1925, he then held the post of British proconsul in Leipzig . From 1926 to 1936 he then acted as a managing consul (Acting Consul) in this city (responsible for Saxony, Thuringia and Anhalt).

On July 1, 1936, Girling was appointed British Vice Consul in Dresden . He stayed in this post until December 31, 1938. From January 1, 1939 to March 16, 1939, he then served as Vice Consul in Lausanne .

On March 16, 1939, he was again transferred to the post of Vice Consul in Dresden. He stayed here until he was withdrawn from his post on September 4, 1939, due to the British declaration of war on Germany after the German invasion of Poland.

After his departure, Girling was classified by the National Socialist police as an enemy of the state: in the spring of 1940 he was placed on the special wanted list by the Reich Security Main Office , a list of people who would be followed by special commands by the occupying forces in the event of a successful invasion and occupation of the British island by the Wehrmacht The SS should be located and arrested with special priority.

From October 26, 1939 to October 5, 1940, Girling was employed at the British Mission in Budapest . He then worked from November 27, 1940 at the British Consulate General in Alexandria . After a brief assignment in London, he was sent to Frankfurt am Main on December 1, 1945 as the British representative .

literature

• The Foreign Office List and Diplomatic and Consular Year Book , 1963, p. 265.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Entry on Girling on the special wanted list GB (reproduced on the website of the Imperial War Museum in Great Britain).