Phipps-Hornby, Geoffrey Hardinge

Date of birth:: April 4th, 1889
Date of death:: February 23rd, 1967
Service number:: 2185
Nationality:: British

Biography

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Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Second-Lieutenant
Awarded on:: February 16th, 1915

Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Captain
Awarded on:: June 13th, 1916

Croix de Guerre (1914-1918)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:: April 12th, 1918

Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Acting Major
Awarded on:: July 4th, 1919

Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Temporary Colonel
Awarded on:: May 10th, 1945

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Temporary Colonel
Awarded on:: January 24th, 1946

War Diary mentions

3 March 1944 WO 171/304 - 8 Corps CA
Col. G.H. Phipps-Hornby assumed appointment of SCAO.

17 April 1944 WO 171/304 - 8 Corps CA
SCAO (Col. G.H. Phipps-Hornby) visited CA 2 Army to discuss points in connection with provisional G1098 for CA staff of a Corps HQ.

1 May 1944 WO 171/304 - 8 Corps CA
SCAO (Col G.H. Phipps-Hornby) visited CA 2nd Army.

5 June 1944 WO 171/304 - 8 Corps CA
SCAO (Col G.H. Phipps-Hornby) visited O2E and rear HQ 21 Army Group.

1 August 1944 WO 171/304 - 8 Corps CA
SCAO (Col G.H. Phipps-Hornby) SO1 A (Lt.Col R.S. Manley) and SO2 E (Maj R.C. Peltzer) visited 218 det and local Ponts et Chaussees official at BALLEROY ref 39 civilian workers required to help local road-menders. Went on to Lab Second Army and discussed question with them and then went to CA Lab office in BAYEUX. No definite arrangements made.

18 September 1944 WO 171/304 - 8 Corps CA
SCAO (Col G.H. Phipps-Hornby) and SO1A (Lt.Col. R.S. Manley) visited Second Army CA.

Sources

- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37072/supplement/2456/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37442/supplement/615/data.pdf
- London Gazette (1917), 29946 (13 Feb, Seventh Supplement), p. 1625
- London Gazette (1915), 29072 (16 Feb, Second Supplement), p. 1653
- London Gazette (1916), 29623 (13 Jun, Second Supplement), p. 5926
- London Gazette (1919), 31435 (4 Jul, Supplement), p. 8503
- London Gazette (1918), 30631 (12 Apr, Fourth Supplement), p. 4525