Edmond Schreiber

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Edmond Schreiber

Sir Edmond Charles Acton Schreiber , KCB , DSO , ( April 30, 1890 - October 8, 1978 ) was a British officer and Governor of Malta . Schreiber served in both the First and the Second World War . From 1944 to 1946 he was Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta.

Life

Edmond Charles Acton Schreiber , son of the future brigadier Acton L. Schreiber CB CMG , joined the Royal Field Artillery in 1909 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1912 . He served on the Western Front during the First World War. For his achievements he was Mentioned in Despatches and received the Distinguished Service Order . The war ended with the rank of brevet major.

In the 1930s he served at Staff College Camberley , the War Office and the Senior Officers' School in Sheerness . Promoted to brigadier, he was eventually used in the Southern Command with the Royal Artillery . These regional commands, which emerged from the corps, formed the basis for the establishment of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). From 1939 to 1940 he was with the British Expeditionary Force in France. In 1940 he was given command of the 61st Infantry Division and later of the 45th Infantry Division . The 61st Infantry Division was intended for use in Norway, but was reclassified and was not used in mainland Europe. The 45th Infantry Division was a division of the Territorial Force and was not used outside the UK during the war. In 1941 Schreiber was given command of the 4th Division , and that same year of the V Corps . In addition to the 4th Division, this corps also comprised the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division and two regiments of the Royal Artillery. In 1942, Schreiber was given command of the First Army , in which all British forces in Tunisia were combined. However, Schreiber was unable to take up his duties due to health problems.

No longer usable in the field, he was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Command in 1942 and of the South Eastern Command in the Aldershot Garrison in 1944. Between 1944 and 1946 he was Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta and retired as Lieutenant-General in 1947 .

In 1944 Schreiber became a Knight of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John . In 1948 he was named Deputy Lieutenant of Devon and in 1960 he was elected President of the Old Contemptibles Association .

literature

  • Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke, (2001), Alex Danchev and Daniel Todman (editors): War Diaries 1939-1945 , Phoenix Press, 2001. ISBN 1-84212-526-5 (English)
  • Richard Mead: Churchill's Lions: A biographical guide to the key British generals of World War II , Stroud (UK), 2007. ISBN 978-1-86227-431-0 (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ RL Bidwell: Guide to Government Ministers: The British Empire and Successor States 1900-1972 (Volume 3), Routledge, 1974, ISBN 0-7146-3017-9 , p. 65 ( online )
  2. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: London Gazette 24 December 1912@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.thegazette.co.uk
  3. ↑ a b c Generals.dk
  4. ↑ see Mead , p. 59
  5. ↑ see Alanbrooke
predecessor Office successor
John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort Governor of Malta
1944–1946 		Francis Douglas
personal data
SURNAME Clerk, Edmond
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clerk, Sir Edmond Charles Acton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British officer and governor of Malta
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1890
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 1978