Harry Kenneth Dimoline
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| Harry Kenneth Dimoline | |
|---|---|
| 1903 - 1972 | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Indian Army |
| Rank | Brigadier-General |
| Commands held | Royal Artillery, Indian 4th Infantry Division (1942 to 1944) Indian 4th Infantry Division (Acting) (1944) Royal Artillery, 47th (London) Infantry Division (1944) Royal Artillery, Indian 17th Infantry Division (1944 to 1945) |
| Battles/wars | North Africa Campaign Italian Campaign Burma Campaign |
| Awards | CBE (1943)[1] MBE (1938)[2] DSO (1942)[3] TD (date?) CPM (1952)[4] Mentioned in Despatches (1941)[5] (1945)[6] (1946)[7] |
Brigadier-General Harry Kenneth Dimoline CBE MBE DSO TD CPM (6 September? 1903–15 November 1972[8]) was an artillery officer in the British and British Indian Armies during World War II.
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[edit] World War II
Dimoline held appointments during World War II as Brigadier, Commander Royal Artillery, in Indian 4th Infantry Division (in North Africa and Tunisia and also the Italian Campaign), 47th (London) Infantry Division (in the UK) and Indian 17th Infantry Division in Burma. He was acting commander of the Indian 4th Infantry Division during the second Battle of Monte Cassino.
[edit] Post-war
Dimoline served as Honorary Superintendent (police) Auxiliary Police, Federation of Malaya,[4] during the Malayan Emergency.
[edit] Career summary
- Commissioned into 59th (4th West Lancashire) Medium Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery, Territorial Army as second lieutenant (19 October 1921)[9]
- Promoted lieutenant (19 October 1923)[10]
- Promoted captain (1 July 1926), initially a provisional rank,[11] later confirmed[12]
- Promoted major (29 May 1931)[13]
- Promoted lieutenant-colonel (5 May 1939)[14]
- Commander Royal Artillery 4th Indian Division, North Africa - Italy (1942 - 1944)
- Acting major-general (6 February 1944–9 March 1944)[15]
- Acting General Officer Commanding 4th Indian Division, Italy (1944)
- Commander Royal Artillery 47th (London) Infantry Division (1944)
- Commander Royal Artillery Indian 17th Infantry Division, Burma (1944 - 1945)
- Substantive colonel (11 April 1945)[16]
- Supernumerary colonel and honorary brigadier (20 December 1945)[17]
- Transfer to Territorial Army Reserve of Officers (13 February 1951)[18]
- Retired (6 September 1961)[19]
[edit] Personal
His elder brother was Major-General William Alfred Dimoline
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ London Gazette: no. 36261, page 5171, 23 November 1943. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 34518, page 3694, 7 June 1938. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 35697, page 3948, 8 September 1942. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ a b London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 39421, page 35, 28 December 1951. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 35396, pages 7339–7342, 26 December 1941. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36886, pages 315–316, 9 January 1945. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37558, pages 2208–2209, 7 May 1946. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 45846, page 14701, 8 December 1972. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 32662, page 2796, 4 April 1922. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 32881, page 7949, 20 November 1923. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 33181, page 4543, 9 July 1926. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 33203, page 6099, 21 September 1926. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 33727, page 3394, 19 June 1931. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 34622, page 3001, 5 May 1939. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36908, page 565, 23 January 1945. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37459, page 854, 5 February 1946. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 38405, page 5044, 14 September 1948. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 39146, page 781, 9 February 1951. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 42456, page 6541, 5 September 1961. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
[edit] References
- Ammentorp, Steen. Generals of World War II. Retrieved on 2007-09-02.
- Anon (1946). One More River: The Story of The Eighth Indian Division. Bombay: H.W. Smith, Times of India Press.
- Anon (1946). The Tiger Triumphs: The Story of Three Great Divisions in Italy. HMSO.
- MacKenzie, Compton (1951). Eastern Epic. Chatto & Windus, London, 623 pages.
- Orders of Battle.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-02.
