Godwin-Austen, Alfred Read
- Date of birth:
- April 17th, 1889 (Frensham/Surrey, UK)
- Date of death:
- March 20th, 1963 (Maidenhead/Berkshire, UK)
- Nationality:
- British
Biography
Education: St Lawrence College, Ramsgate; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
06.11.1909 commissioned, South Wales Borderers
...
23.08.1939 28.02.1940 General Officer Commanding, 8th Infantry Division (Palestine & Trans-Jordan)
29.02.1940 -11.09.1940 General Officer Commanding, .. Division (British Somaliland)
12.09.1940 - 23.11.1940 General Officer Commanding, 2nd (African) Infantry Division (East Africa), redesignated:
24.11.1940 - 17.09.1941 General Officer Commanding, 12th (African) Infantry Division (East Africa, Italian Somaliland, Abyssinia)
18.09.1941 - 08.02.1942 General Officer Commanding, XIII Corps (Libya)
1942 - 1942 Commandant, Staff College, Camberley
16.11.1942 - 21.10.1943 Director of Tactical Investigation, War Office (London)
22.10.1943 - 1945 Vice Quartermaster-General, War Office (London)
07.09.1945 - 1945 special appointment: Quartermester-General, India Command (New Delhi)
1945 - (04.1946) special appointment: Principal Administrative Officer, India Command (New Delhi)
Promotions:
2nd Lt. 06.11.1909 [6446]
...
Maj.Gen. 23.08.1939, seniority 14.07.1938
A/Lt.Gen. 18.09.1941-08.02.1942,
20.01.1945-(01.1946)
local Lt.Gen. 16.01.1945-19.01.1945
T/Lt.Gen. ...-28.03.1946
Lt.Gen. 29.03.1946, seniority 05.01.1943
Gen. 01.05.1946 (retd 06.03.1947)
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Military Cross (MC)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Captain
- Awarded on:
- June 3rd, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Captain
- Awarded on:
- August 15th, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Captain
- Awarded on:
- May 21st, 1918
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Captain
- Awarded on:
- June 3rd, 1919
- Rank:
- Temporary Brigadier
- Awarded on:
- September 15th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major-general
- Awarded on:
- July 26th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major-general
- Awarded on:
- February 11th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major-general
- Awarded on:
- May 30th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Acting Lieutenant-general
- Awarded on:
- December 15th, 1942
Commander of the Star of India (KCSI)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Temporary Lieutenant-general
- Awarded on:
- June 13th, 1946
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34684/page/1
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35821/supplement/5437/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34904/supplement/4579/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35071/supplement/812
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29608/supplement/5573
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35176/page/3091
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29508/supplement/2877/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37598/supplement/2759/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30233/supplement/8328
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30693/supplement/5984
- Austen, Sir Alfred Reade Godwin-, (1889-1963), Knight, General | The National Archives
- https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw222115/Sir-Alfred-Reade-Godwin-Austen
- Medal card of Austen, Alfred Reade Godwin Corps: South Wales Borderers Rank: ... | The National Archives
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