Years of service 1925 - 1961 Role British Army officer Rank Lieutenant-general Name Geoffrey Thompson Service/branch British Army | Battles/wars World War II Battles and wars World War II Died 1983 Allegiance United Kingdom | |
Awards Order of the British Empire, Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order | ||
Commands held 1st Field Regiment, RA | ||
Lieutenant General Sir Geoffrey Stuart Thompson KBE CB DSO (1905–1983) was a senior British Army officer who became Military Secretary.
Military Secretary
Thompson was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1925.
He served in World War II and from 1942 was attached the French Forces in the Middle East. In 1944 he was made Commanding Officer of 1st Field Regiment in Italy. He took part in the liberation of Athens in 1945.
After the War he became Chief of Staff at Anti-Aircraft Command and then, from 1950, Commander of No. 2 Army Group Royal Artillery in Egypt. He was appointed Director of Land/Air Warfare and Director of NATO Standardisation at the War Office in 1952 and went on to be Senior Army Instructor at the Imperial Defence College in 1955. He was appointed Director of Staff Duties at the War Office in 1957 and Military Secretary in 1959. He retired in 1961.
He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1961 to 1969.
In retirement he became a Director of Arthur Guinness, Son & Co. (Dublin) Limited.