Allegiance United Kingdom Died October 3, 1966 Years of service 1897 - 1938 | Name Geoffrey Howard Service/branch British Army Role British Army officer Rank Lieutenant general | |
Commands held 145th Infantry Brigade
9th Infantry Brigade
5th Infantry Division Battles/wars Second Boer War
World War I Awards Order of the Bath, Order of St Michael and St George, Distinguished Service Order Battles and wars Second Boer War, World War I | ||
Place of burial Eton, United Kingdom | ||
Lieutenant General Sir Geoffrey Weston Howard KCB CMG DSO (14 December 1876 – 3 October 1966) was a British Army officer who commanded 5th Division.
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Military career
Howard was commissioned into the Essex Regiment in 1897. He served in the Second Boer War and was present at the relief of Kimberley. He served in World War I in Malta, France and Italy. In October 1918, at the end of the War, he was made Commander of 145th Infantry Brigade.
He was appointed Deputy Director for Organisation at the War Office in 1921, General Staff Officer at Aldershot Command in 1924 and Commander 9th Infantry Brigade in 1927. He went on to be Major-General in charge of Administration at Eastern Command in 1931 and General Officer Commanding 5th Division in Egypt, Palestine and Transjordan in 1934 before retiring in 1938.
He was given the Colonelcy of the Essex Regiment from 1935 to 1946.
Family
In 1905 he married Meta Minnie Gregory; they had a son and a daughter.