Sidney Archibald
Sidney Archibald | |
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Born | 30 October 1890 |
Died | 1973 (aged 82−83) |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1910–1944 |
Rank | Major-General |
Service number | 737 |
Unit | Royal Artillery |
Commands held | 34th Anti-Aircraft Group 11th Anti-Aircraft Division |
Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
Awards | Military Cross |
Major-General Sidney Charles Manley Archibald MC (30 October 1890 − 1973) was a British Army officer who served in both World War I and World War II.
Military career[]
Born in 1890, Archibald, after attending and later graduating from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 23 December 1910.[1] He served in France throughout World War I, where he was awarded the Military Cross.[2]
Like many others of his generation, he remained in the army during the interwar period and, after being married in 1925, attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1926−1927, where Harold Alexander, Douglas Wimberley, Charles Hudson and Brian Robertson were among his classmates. He then served on the staff of Northern Command, India, from 1929−1930, and later attended the Imperial Defence College in 1933.[2] After that, from 1934, he served as a Staff officer in the War Office, until 1937, the same year he was promoted to colonel. The next year saw him being made an Assistant Quartermaster-Master General with Anti-Aircraft Command, later going on to command the 34th Anti-Aircraft Group the year after that.[2]
He was promoted to major-general in 1940, the year after the outbreak of World War II, where he served with Home Forces as General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 11th Anti-Aircraft Division from 1941 to 1943. That year saw him as Advisor to Canada on Anti-Aircraft Defences until 1944 saw him retire from the army after well over thirty years of service.[2]
Archibald, in his retirement, was Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1952−1958.[2]
References[]
- ^ "No. 28454". The London Gazette. 6 January 1911. p. 128.
- ^ a b c d e Smart 2005, p. 13.
Bibliography[]
- Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.
External links[]
- British Army generals of World War II
- British Army generals
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Royal Artillery officers
- Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- Alumni of the Royal College of Defence Studies
- Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst