Died 1974 (aged 82 or 83) Name Charles Norman Rank Major-General | Service/branch British Army Allegiance United Kingdom | |
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 | ||
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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.
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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.
He served in World War II initially as Inspector of the Royal Armoured Corps. In 1940 he was made Commander of the 1st Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade during the Battle of France and then Commander of 27th Armoured Brigade.
He was appointed General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8th Armoured Division in 1941 and GOC 10th Armoured Division in the Middle East in 1942. He went on to be GOC Aldershot District in 1944 before becoming Major-General in charge of Armoured Fighting Vehicles at Middle East Command in 1945. He retired in 1946.
He lived at Bromley Common until 1946 and was appointed High Sheriff of Kent in 1947.
He was the President of Kent County Cricket Club in 1956.