Ralph Eastwood

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Sir Thomas Ralph "Rusty" Eastwood , KCB , DSO , MC , KStJ (born May 10, 1890 in Canterbury , Kent , † February 15, 1959 in Rodmarton , Gloucestershire ) was a British Lieutenant General in the British Army , who was governor between 1944 and 1947 from Gibraltar was.

Life

Eastwood graduated after school attendance officer training and came on March 9, 1910 as a lieutenant (Second Lieutenant) in the Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own The) one. He was awarded the Military Cross (MC) on October 29, 1915 for his bravery during the Battle of Gallipoli in August 1915 as Captain of the Rifle Brigade . On June 5, 1919, he was also awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO).

Eastwood was an instructor at Staff College Camberley from August 31, 1928 to August 10, 1931 . It was on April 13, 1934, Lieutenant Colonel (Lieutenant Colonel) promoted and was then between April 13, 1934, and the July 13, 1936 Commander ( Commanding Officer ) of the 2nd Battalion of the King's Royal Rifle Corps . After his promotion to Oberst (Colonel) on July 13, 1936, which was dated back to June 4, 1931, he was from July 13, 1936 to January 11, 1938 General Staff Officer for personnel in the 2nd Infantry Division.

After Eastwood for on January 12, 1938 Major General (Major-General) had been promoted, he broke Major General Bertie Fisher as commander of the Royal Military College Sandhurst , and remained in that post until November 30, 1939. After that took it on 1 December 1939 the post of commander ( General Officer commanding ) of the 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division and remained until May 11, 1940 in this function. He was then briefly between June 1 and June 9, 1940 as commander of the 18th Infantry Division and chief of the staff of the Expeditionary Force ( British Expeditionary Force ) before he succeeded Major General Dudley Graham Johnson from June 25 until his replacement by Major General John Swayne on October 4, 1940 was Commander of the 4th Infantry Division . He subsequently moved on 20 November 1940 the War Office ( War Office ) and was there until June 2, 1941 General of the home armed forces ( Home Guard ) .

Eastwood then acted as the successor to Lieutenant General Ronald Forbes Adam between June 3, 1941 and his replacement by Lieutenant General Edwin Logie Morris on February 16, 1944 as the commanding general of the Northern Command (Northern Command) and was in this use on December 5, 1941 to lieutenant general (Lieutenant-General) promoted.

As the successor to Lieutenant General Noel Mason-MacFarlane , Eastwood became Governor of Gibraltar and Commander-in-Chief of the British Garrison on February 17, 1944 and held this office until February 8, 1947, after which he was succeeded by Lieutenant General Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson . On January 1, 1943, he was beaten Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) and from then on carried the suffix "Sir". On July 25, 1944, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Military and Civil Service Order of Adolph von Nassau . On June 22, 1945 he became Knight of Justice of the Order of Saint John (KStJ).

On May 31, 1947, Eastwood left active military service and retired. Most recently he was the successor of Lieutenant General John Burnett-Stuart from March 4, 1945 until his replacement by Lieutenant General Montagu Stopford on September 4, 1951 Colonel Commandant of the Rifle Brigade . When he reached the age limit of 65 years, he also resigned from the corps of reserve officers on May 31, 1955.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 29344, HMSO, London, October 29, 1915, p. 10730 ( PDF , accessed March 13, 2017, English).
  2. ^ The Edinburgh Gazette , No. 13453, Edinburgh, June 5, 1919, p. 1852
  3. ↑ London Gazette . No. 36393, HMSO, London, February 22, 1944, p. 912 ( PDF , accessed March 13, 2017, English).
  4. ↑ Gibraltar: Governors (rulers.org)
  5. ↑ London Gazette . No. 35841, HMSO, London, December 29, 1942, p. 3 ( PDF , accessed March 13, 2017, English).
  6. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 36621, HMSO, London, July 21, 1944, p. 3445 ( PDF , accessed March 13, 2017, English).
  7. ↑ London Gazette . No. 37144, HMSO, London, June 22, 1945, p. 3279 ( PDF , accessed March 13, 2017, English).
  8. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 37969, HMSO, London, May 30, 1947, p. 2475 ( PDF , accessed March 13, 2017, English).
  9. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 36973, HMSO, London, March 6, 1945, p. 1309 ( PDF , accessed March 13, 2017, English).
  10. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 39355, HMSO, London, October 12, 1951, p. 5278 ( PDF , accessed March 13, 2017, English).
  11. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 40490, HMSO, London, May 27, 1955, p. 3133 ( PDF , accessed March 13, 2017, English).
predecessor Office successor
Noel Mason-MacFarlane Governor of Gibraltar
1944–1947 		Kenneth Anderson
personal data
SURNAME Eastwood, Ralph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eastwood, Sir Thomas Ralph (full name); Eastwood, Rusty (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British general and governor
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Canterbury , Kent
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1959
Place of death Rodmarton , Gloucestershire