Sir Charles Deedes | |
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Born | 9 August 1879 |
Died | 9 March 1969 (aged 89) |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/branch | British Army |
Years of service | 1899 - 1937 |
Rank | General |
Commands held | 3rd Infantry Brigade 53rd (Welsh) Division |
Battles/wars | Second Boer War World War I World War II |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order |
General Sir Charles Parker Deedes KCB CMG DSO (9 August 1879 - 9 March 1969) was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary.
Deedes was commissioned into the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in 1899 and served in the Second Boer War.[1]
He also served in World War I initially as a General Staff Officer at the General Headquarters of the British Expeditionary Force and then from 1916 with 14th Army Corps and from 1917 as a General Staff Officer with 2nd Division in France.[1]
After the War he was appointed Deputy Director of Staff Duties at the War Office.[1] In 1926 he became Commander of 3rd Infantry Brigade and in 1928 he was made General Officer Commanding 53rd (Welsh) Division.[1] He became Director of Personal Services at the War Office in 1930 and Military Secretary in 1934.[1] He retired in 1937.[1]
During World War II he was an Area Commander for the Home Guard.[1]
He married Eve Mary Dean-Pitt and they went on to have a son (Major-General Charles Julius Deedes).[2]
Military offices | ||
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Preceded by Sir Sidney Clive |
Military Secretary 1934–1937 |
Succeeded by Viscount Gort |