Charles Norman

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Charles Wake Norman
Born 1891
Died 1974 (aged 82 or 83)
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  British Army
Years of service 1910–1946
Rank Major-General
Unit Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry
Commands held 1st Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade
27th Armoured Brigade
8th Armoured Division
10th Armoured Division
Aldershot District
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General Charles Wake Norman CBE (1891–1974) was a senior British Army officer who served in World War I and World War II and became General Officer Commanding Aldershot District.

Military career

Educated at Eton College, Norman was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry in 1910 and fought in World War I.[1]

He served in World War II initially as Inspector of the Royal Armoured Corps.[2] In 1940 he was made Commander of the 1st Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade during the Battle of France and then Commander of 27th Armoured Brigade.[2]

He was appointed General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8th Armoured Division in 1941 and GOC 10th Armoured Division in the Middle East in 1942.[2] He went on to be GOC Aldershot District in 1944[3] before becoming Major-General in charge of Armoured Fighting Vehicles at Middle East Command in 1945.[2] He retired in 1946.[2]

He lived at Bromley Common until 1946[4] and was appointed High Sheriff of Kent in 1947.[5]

He was the President of Kent County Cricket Club in 1956.[6]

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28435. p. 7982. 8 November 1910. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Generals.dk
  3. ↑ British Military History Archived 11 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ The Normans
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 38126. p. 5439. 18 November 1947. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
  6. ↑ The Kent County Cricket Club Annual 1956 - Member's Copy
Military offices
Preceded by
Richard McCreery		 GOC, 8th Armoured Division
October 1941–August 1942 		Succeeded by
Charles Gairdner
Preceded by
Alexander Gatehouse		 GOC, 10th Armoured Division
December 1942–January 1943 		Succeeded by
Horace Birks
Preceded by
New Post		 GOC Aldershot District
1944–1946 		Succeeded by
Joseph Baillon
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