| Sir Harold Redman | |
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| Born | 1899 |
| Died | 1986 (aged 86 or 87) Esher, Surrey |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands held | 7th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 151st Infantry Brigade 10th Indian Motor Brigade |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Lieutenant General Sir Harold Redman, KCB, CBE (1899–1986) was an officer in the British Indian Army during World War II and the post-war era.
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Redman was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1917.[1] He served in World War I in France and Germany.[1] He transferred to the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in 1929.[1]
He became an Instructor at the Senior Officers' School at Sheerness in 1937 and then moved on to be an Instructor at the Staff College, Camberley in 1938.[1]
He served in World War II being appointed Commanding Officer of 7th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in 1940.[1] Then in 1941 he became Commander 151st Infantry Brigade which took him to North Africa, Cyprus and the Middle East.[1]
Later that year he was made a Brigadier on the General Staff of the 8th Army in North Africa.[1]
In 1942 he became Commander of 10th Indian Motor Brigade and in 1943 he went on to be British Secretary to Combined Chiefs of Staff in Washington D.C.[1] He was appointed Deputy Commander for the French Forces of the Interior in 1944 and Deputy Head of Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Force Mission to France later that year.[1]
After the War he initially became Head of the British Military Mission to France and then in 1946 he became Chief of Staff to Allied Land Forces South East Asia.[1] He was made Director of Military Operations at the War Office in 1948 and Principal Staff Officer to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe in 1951.[1]
He was made Vice-Chief Imperial General Staff in 1952 and Governor and Commander-In-Chief of Gibraltar in 1955.[1] He retired in 1958.[1]
In retirement he became the first Director and Secretary of the Wolfson Foundation in 1958.[2]
| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Nevil Brownjohn |
Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff 1952–1955 |
Succeeded by Sir William Oliver |
| Government offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Gordon MacMillan |
Governor of Gibraltar 1955–1958 |
Succeeded by Sir Charles Keightley |
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