Charles Loewen

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Sir Charles Falkland Loewen , GCB , KBE , DSO (born September 17, 1900 in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada , † August 17, 1986 in London ) was a British general in the British Army , who between 1953 and 1956 was commander-in-chief of the land forces in the distance East and most recently from 1956 to 1959 Adjutant General of the Army in the War Ministry.

Life

Officer training and World War II

Charles Falkland Loewen began after the 1916 school officer training at the Royal Military College of Canada and was named after its completion in 1918 as a lieutenant (Second Lieutenant) in the Royal Field Artillery taken. During his subsequent further uses as an officer, he was in 1920 for Lieutenant (Lieutenant) and 1931 Hauptmann (Captain) transported. He graduated from Staff College Quetta , British India in 1933 and received his promotion to major in 1938 . He then taught between 1938 and 1940 as an instructor at Staff College Camberley and was then in the Second World War from 1940 to 1941 General Staff Officer 2 of the North Western Expeditionary Force deployed in the Norway campaign . Thereupon he became on February 24, 1942 as Acting Brigadier Chief of Staff in the Army Command North. In the further course of the war he was in 1942 commander of the Royal Artillery of the 55th Infantry Division ( 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division ) and 1942 commander of the artillery units of the 6th Armored Division ( 6th Armored Division ) .

After Loewen in 1943 first deputy chief of staff of the 21st Army Group ( 21st Army Group ) was, he took over from 1943 to 1944 the post of commander of the Royal Artillery of the 1st Division ( 1st Division ) and then in 1944 as commander of the artillery troops of the I. Corps ( I Corps ) . Then he was between 24 May and 14 June 1944 First Acting Commanding General (Acting General Officer Commanding ) and of 24 July 1944 to December 1945 Commanding General in Italy and later in the Middle East used the first division.

Post-war period and promotion to general

Charles Loewen was immortalized on the Wall of Honor of the Royal Military College of Canada .

After the war, Loewen was as Major General (Major-General) in December 1945 Commanding General of the 6th Armored Division and remained in that post until June 1946. He then served between June 1946 and October 1947 as commanding general of the 1st Armored Division ( 1st Armored Division ) and from January 1948 to May 1950 as the commanding general of the 50th Infantry Division ( 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division ) and at the same time as the commander of the Northumberland military district (District Officer Commanding Northumberland District) .

In May 1950, Lieutenant General (Lieutenant General) Charles Loewen Supreme Commander of the Air Defense Command (General Officer Commanding in Chief Anti-Aircraft Command) and this function held until April 1953rd During this time he was beaten on June 7, 1951 to Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE), so that from then on he carried the suffix "Sir". Between April and October 1953 he held the post of General Officer Commanding in Chief Western Command .

In October 1953 General sparked Loewen General Charles Keightley as commander in chief of the land forces in the Far East (Commander in Chief Far East Land Forces) , and held this post until August 1956, after General Francis Festing was his dortiger successor. He was also beaten on January 1, 1954 to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB). Most recently, he took over in November 1956 by General Cameron Nicholson the office of Adjutant General of the Army (Adjutant General to the Forces) in the Ministry of War ( War Office ) . He remained in this top military post until August 1959 and was then replaced by General Hugh Stockwell . At the same time he acted between 1956 and 1959 as aide-de-camp of Queen Elizabeth II and was raised on January 1, 1957 1957 to the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB). In August 1959 he retired from active military service.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 204
  2. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 222
  3. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 222
  4. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 238
  5. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 119
  6. ↑ a b c KNIGHTS AND DAMES. In: leighrayment.com. November 2, 2018, accessed September 27, 2019 .
  7. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 119
  8. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 180
  9. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 7
predecessor Office successor
General Charles Keightley Commander in Chief of the Land Forces in the Far East
1953–1956 		General Francis Festing
General Cameron Nicholson Adjutant General of the Army
1956–1959 		General Hugh Stockwell
personal data
SURNAME Loewen, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Loewen, Charles Falkland (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British general
DATE OF BIRTH 17th September 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 1986
Place of death London