Robert King (British Army officer)

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Robert King
Born1904
Died16 December 1983 (aged 78−79)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1924−1959
RankMajor-General
Service number28105
UnitWest Yorkshire Regiment
Commands held1st Indian Infantry Brigade
17th Infantry Brigade
44th (Home Counties) Division
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General Robert Charles Moss King CB, DSO, OBE (1904 – 16 December 1983) was a British Army officer.

Military career[]

After graduating from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, King was commissioned into the West Yorkshire Regiment on 30 January 1924. Eric Bols and Cecil Firbank were among his graduates, both also future major-generals.[1]

He served in the Far East in the Second World War for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.[2] After the war he became Commander of 17th Infantry Brigade in Germany in December 1946, deputy director of Military Operations at the War Office in February 1953 and General Officer Commanding 44th (Home Counties) Division in January 1954.[3] His last appointment was as Director of Quartering at the War Office in February 1957 before retiring in April 1959.[3]

He died on 16 December 1983.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "No. 32903". The London Gazette. 1 February 1924. p. 958.
  2. ^ "No. 37151". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1945. p. 3381.
  3. ^ a b "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Major-General Robert Charles Moss King, CB, DSO, OBE". The Times. 1983. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

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