Richard Goodbody

Sir Richard Wakefield Goodbody , GCB , KBE , DSO (* 12. April 1903 , † 29. April 1981 ) was a British general of the British Army , among others 1957-1960 Supreme Commander of the Northern Command of the Land Forces (Northern Command) and most recently by 1960-1963 adjutant General of the Armed forces (adjutant General to the forces) was.

Life

After attending the renowned Rugby School, founded in 1567, Goodbody completed an officer training course at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich and after graduating in 1923 initially became an officer in the Royal Artillery before he switched to the Royal Horse Artillery in 1927 . In 1942 he took his first command, as a commander ( Commanding Officer ) of the 11th Royal Horse Artillery . He was then from February 18 to March 15, 1944 commander of the 2nd Armored Brigade (2nd Armored Brigade) , with which he took part in the Italian campaign. At the same time he acted between March 3rd and 8th, 1944 as acting commander of the 1st Armored Division ( 1st Armored Division ) . He was then again commander of the 2nd Armored Brigade from June 7 to September 22, 1944 .

After the end of World War II Goodbody served from 1946 to 1947 as commander of the artillery of the 7th Armored Division ( 7th Armored Division ) and subsequently from 1947 to 1948 as commander of the 15th Infantry Brigade (15th Infantry Brigade) . 1948 he moved to the Ministry of War ( War Office ) , where he was the Department of military training to 1949 deputy head. Subsequently, he served from 1949 to 1951 as commander of the Artillery School and between April 1951 and March 1954 as commander ( General Officer Commanding ) London of the 56th Armored Division (56th (London) Armored Division) . During this time he became Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1953 .

In 1954, Goodbody returned to the War Department and acted there as head of the artillery department. He then replaced Lieutenant General Geoffrey Charles Evans on May 8, 1957 as General Officer Commanding in Chief of the Northern Command and held this post until he was replaced by Lieutenant General Michael West on May 11, 1960 between 1957 and 1968 he was the so-called Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery. During this time he himself became a lieutenant general (Lieutenant General) promoted and 1958 for Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire defeated (CFU) so that it henceforth the suffix "Sir" led.

Most recently, General Goodbody succeeded General Hugh Stockwell in 1960 as Adjutant-General to the Forces and was thus responsible for the development of personnel policy and personnel development in the Army. He held this post until his retirement in 1963 and was then replaced by General James Cassels . At the same time he was Colonel Commandant of the Royal Horse Artillery from 1960 to 1968 and also aide-de-camp of Queen Elizabeth II between 1961 and 1963. In 1963 he was made the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) by her. As the successor to Air Chief Marshal James Robb , he served as King of Arms of the Order of the Bath from 1965 until his replacement by Admiral of the Fleet Michael Pollock in 1976 .

Web links

• Richard Goodbody on the generals.dk homepage