Edmond Schreiber

Sir Edmond Charles Acton Schreiber
Born	30 April 1890
Died	8 October 1972 (aged 82)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Artillery, British Army
Years of service	1909 - 1947
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Commands held	61st Infantry Division (1940) 45th Infantry Division (1940-1941) 4th Division (1941) V Corps (1942) First Army (1942) Western Command (1942-1944) South Eastern Command (1944) Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta (1944-1946)
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	KCB (1944) CB (1942) DSO (1914) MID
Other work	DL of Devon (1948) National President, Old Contemptibles Association (1960). KStJ, 1944

Lieutenant-General Sir Edmund Charles Acton Schreiber, KCB, DSO (30 April 1890 - 8 October 1978) was a British Army officer who served in both the First and Second World Wars. In the second he commanded the 45th Infantry Division, V Corps and First Army.

Military career

Born the son of the late Brigadier General Acton L. Schreiber CB CMG DSO, Edmond Schreiber was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery becoming a Lieutenant in 1912.^[1] He served in World War I on the Western Front, earning the DSO, being mentioned in despatches and ending the war as a brevet major. In the 1930s, he served at the Staff College, Camberley, the War Office and the Senior Officers' School, Sheerness and was Brigadier Royal Artillery in Southern Command.^[2]

Schreiber served in the British Expeditionary Force in France between 1939 and 1940.^[3] He commanded 61st Infantry Division in 1940, 45th Infantry Division later in 1940 and 4th Division in 1941 before being promoted to take command of V Corps later that year.^[2] In 1942 he was appointed to command First Army which was to be the parent organisation for Allied forces in Tunisia after Operation Torch; however, he developed a kidney problem and became unfit for active service.^[4]

Restricted to non-field roles, he became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Western Command in 1942 and of South Eastern Command in 1944.^[2] Between 1944 and 1946, Schreiber was Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta.^[5] He retired in 1947.^[2]

Schreiber became a Knight of the Venerable Order of Saint John in 1944.

He was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Devon in 1948 and National President of the Old Contemptibles Association in 1960.

Edmond Schreiber married Phyllis Barchard in 1916; there were two daughters.

^ London Gazette: no. 28674. p. 9784. 24 December 1912. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Generals.dk
^ Alanbrooke (2001), e.g. entries 29 November 1939, 11 December 1939, 22 April 1940.
^ Mead, p. 59.
^ Alanbrooke (2001), e.g. entries 21 August 1944, 29 January 1945, 10 February 1945.

Alanbrooke, Field Marshal Lord (2001). Danchev, Alex & Todman, Daniel. eds. War Diaries 1939-1945. Phoenix Press. ISBN 1-84212-526-5.
Mead, Richard (2007). Churchill's Lions: A biographical guide to the key British generals of World War II. Stroud (UK): Spellmount. ISBN 978-1-86227-431-0.

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Bernard Montgomery	GOC, V Corps 1941–1942	Succeeded by Sir Charles Allfrey
Preceded by New Post	GOC-in-C First Army July 1942–August 1942	Succeeded by Kenneth Anderson
Preceded by Sir James Marshall-Cornwall	GOC-in-C Western Command 1942–1944	Succeeded by Sir Daril Watson
Preceded by Sir John Swayne	GOC-in-C South-Eastern Command 1944	Succeeded by Eric Miles

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Name	Schreiber, Edmond Charles Acton
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Date of birth	30 April 1890
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Date of death	8 October 1972
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