Charles Leslie Richardson

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Sir Charles Leslie Richardson , GCB , CBE , DSO (born August 11, 1908 , † February 7, 1994 in Betchworth , Surrey , England ) was a British officer in the British Army , who last served as General from 1965 to 1966 as Quartermaster General of the Army (Quartermaster -General to the Forces) and Master-General of the Ordnance between 1966 and 1971 . He then held the honorary post of Chief Royal Engineer from 1972 to 1977 and was as such head of the Corps of Royal Engineers .

Life

Officer training and World War II

Charles Leslie Richardson, son of Lieutenant Colonel CW Richardson, began after the visit of St Ronan's School in Hawkhurst to study at Clare College of the University of Cambridge and an officer training at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich . After graduation he was taken on August 30, 1928 as a lieutenant (Second Lieutenant) in the Corps of Royal Engineers of the British Army . In the following years it found various uses and was stationed in British India , among others . On August 30, 1931 he was appointed lieutenant (First Lieutenant) and on 1 August 1938 Hauptmann (Captain) transported.

During World War II he was on 27 September 1941 First General Staff Officer and was as such from 1942 until 30 April 1943 in the Middle East used Eighth Army ( Eighth Army ) . During this time, he was instrumental in the planning for the second battle of El Alamein (October 23 to November 4, 1942) and in particular the Bertram operation. With the Eighth Army he was transferred to Italy on May 1, 1943 , where he was chief of staff in the General Staff until March 31, 1944. For his previous services in the Middle East, he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) on June 1, 1943 . During this time he was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel (War nouns Lieutenant-Colonel) on November 1, 1943 . After a use from 1 April to 21 May 1944 as chief liaison officer, he was on 22 May 1944 to Head of Department of Planning in the General Staff in North West Europe 21 Army Group used ( 21st Army Group ) . He was mentioned in the war report on March 22 and May 10, 1945 for his military service in this role ( Mentioned in dispatches ) . In addition, on March 15, 1945, he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the US Legion of Merit . On June 21, 1945 he was finally appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his military services in World War II .

post war period

After the end of the war, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Leslie Richardson, who was also a graduate of Staff College Camberley, was initially deputy chief of staff of an association between August 28 and December 23, 1945 and then took place from December 24, 1945 to May 7, 1946 Used as head of the Military Department of the British Control Commission for Berlin . After that worked as Deputy Chief of Staff at the War Office from 1 August 1946 to 27 May 1947 ( War Office ) used and returned after an officer in the Army of the Rhine BAOR (British Army of the Rhine) to Germany back before it on May 6, 1948 to on November 22, 1950 head of the department staff services of the land forces in the Middle East (Middle East Land Forces) . In this use took place on 11 August 1949 his formal promotion to Colonel (Colonel) . After various staff positions he was between January 1952 and April 1953 Head of the Department of district affairs of the Army Command West (Western Command) and after June 18, 1953 to May 15, 1955 Commander ( Commanding Officer ) of the 61st Infantry Transport Brigade (61st Lorried Infantry Brigade) . In this application he was promoted to Brigadier General (Brigadier) on January 1, 1955 . He also graduated from the Imperial Defense College (IDC).

On June 18, 1955 Brigadier General Richardson took over from Major General Edwyn Cobb the post of commandant of the Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham , which he held until his replacement by Major General John Hackett on May 15, 1958. There took place on 24 April 1956 was promoted to Major General (Major-General) . In addition, he became Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) on June 13, 1957 . After he was from March 29, 1958 to February 17, 1960 Commander of the Singapore Military District (District Officer Commanding, Singapore District) , he served from July 7, 1960 to February 9, 1961 as Director of Weapons Development (Director of Weapons and Development) in the War Department.

Promotion to general

Following Charles Leslie Richardson stayed in the War Department and held from February 27, 1961 to April 10, 1963 the post of Director-General of Military Training (Director-General of Military Training) . At the same time he was promoted to Lieutenant General (Lieutenant-General) on February 27, 1961 and knighted Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) on January 1, 1962 , so that from then on he carried the suffix "Sir". Subsequently, on April 18, 1963, he replaced Lieutenant General Charles Phibbs Jones as General Officer Commanding in Chief, Northern Command , and held this post until November 30, 1964, whereupon Lieutenant General Geoffrey Musson succeeded him there.

Thereupon Richardson took over on January 20, 1965 from General Gerald Lathbury the function of Quartermaster-General to the Forces and exercised this position until his replacement by General Alan Jolly on September 25, 1966. During this time he was promoted to general on September 21, 1965 . Most recently, on December 12, 1966, he succeeded General Charles Phibbs Jones again, this time as Master-General of the Ordnance . He was thus responsible for artillery, engineering troops, fortifications, military needs, transport and field hospitals and remained in this position until he retired on April 6, 1971, whereupon General Noel Thomas became his successor. He also got on 1 January 1967, the Grand Cross ( Knight Grand Cross ) awarded the Order of the Bath (GCB). During this time he also held the post of aide-de-camp of Queen Elizabeth II from January 9, 1967 to April 6, 1971 in personal union. He then held the honorary post of Chief Royal Engineer from 1972 to 1977 and was as such head of the Corps of Royal Engineers .

His marriage to Audrey Styles Jorgensen in 1947 resulted in a son and daughter.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 151
  2. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 106
  3. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 274
  4. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 299
  5. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 163
  6. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 63
  7. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 33
  8. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
  9. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 90
  10. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 8
  11. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 10
  12. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
personal data
SURNAME Richardson, Charles Leslie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British general
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1908
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 1994
Place of death Betchworth , Surrey , England