Desmond Anderson

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Desmond Francis Anderson
5 July 1885 - 29 January 1967
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Commands held	1st Bn East Yorkshire Regiment (1927 to 1931) 45th Infantry Division (1940) 46th (North Midland) Division(1940) III Corps (1940 to 1943) II Corps (1943 to 1944)
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	KBE (1943) CB (1938) CMG (1919) DSO (1919) MID (1915, 1916, 1917, 1919) Légion d'honneur (1920) Imperial Russian Order of Saint Stanislaus (2nd Class)
Other work	Colonel, The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own) (1940 - 1948) Trustee of the Imperial War Museum (1945 - 1956)

Lieutenant-General Sir Desmond Francis Anderson (born 1885; died 1967), KBE, CB, CMG, DSO was a British officer in both World War I and World War II.

1 World War I
2 Between the wars
3 World War II
4 Army career
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] World War I

Having been commissioned into the Devonshire Regiment in 1905 Anderson transferred to the East Yorkshire Regiment in 1910. He went with the regiment to France in 1914 where he served until July 1917 in a number of combat and staff roles during which time he was wounded and received the DSO (in 1915). He was mentioned in dispatches four times and in 1920 received the French Legion d'honneur for his wartime service.

[edit] Between the wars

Between the wars he was mainly employed in a variety of staff and intelligence postings reaching the rank of Major-General in 1937. He did, however, attended Staff college in 1921 and in 1927 was appointed commander of the 1st bn East Yorkshire Regiment for four years.

[edit] World War II

In 1940 Anderson had two relatively brief periods commanding 45th Infantry Division and 46th (North Midland) Division before being promoted to command III Corps in December. During 1942 he went to Baghdad where III Corps were part of Persia and Iraq Command's Tenth Army. In 1943 he transferred to command II Corps and he retired from the army in 1944.

[edit] Army career

1905 Commissioned into the Devonshire Regiment
1910 transferred to East Yorkshire Regiment
1914 - 1917 served in France (wounded)
1917 - 1918 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), War Office (UK) (temporary)
1918 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), (France)
1918 - 1919 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), (France)
1919 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), (Rhine Army)
1919 - 1921 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), War Office (UK) (temporary)
1921 student, Staff College, Camberley (UK)
1923 - 1925 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), London District (UK)
1925 - 1927 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Staff College, Camberley (UK)
1927 - 1931 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
1932 - 1933 Assistant Quartermaster-General Aldershot Command
1933 - 1934 General Staff Officer 1 5th Infantry Division
1934 - 1936 Deputy Director of Military Operations & Intelligence, War Office
1936 - 1938 Deputy Director of Military Intelligence, War Office
1938 - 1939 Chief Administration Officer Eastern Command
1939 - 1940 Major-General General Staff Home Forces
1940 General Officer Commanding 45th Infantry Division
1940 Assistant Chief Imperial General Staff, War Office
1940 General Officer Commanding 46th (North Midland) Division
1940 - 1943 General Officer Commanding III Corps
1943 - 1944General Officer Commanding II Corps
1944 Retired