Edmund Hakewill-Smith

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Sir Edmund Hakewill-Smith
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1915 – 1949
Rank	Major-General
Battles/wars	First World War Second World War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General Sir Edmund Hakewill-Smith KCVO, CB, CBE, MC (17 March 1896 – 15 April 1986) was a South African-born British General.

Early life

Hakewill-Smith was born in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa, on 17 March 1896, he was educated at the Diocesan College ("Bishops") in Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa and at the RMC Sandhurst.

Military career

Hakewill-Smith was commissioned in to the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1915 and served in France during the Great War.^[1] After serving with the British Military Mission to South Russia, he also acted as Aide-de-Camp to Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland (Governor of Bengal, India).^[1]

Hakewill-Smith initially served as officer-commanding the 5th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, during the early days of the Second World War.^[1] Hakewill-Smith also served as the officer-commanding the 4/5th battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers.^[1] Promoted to temporary brigadier, he then commanded the 157th and 155th Infantry Brigades, before taking over command of the 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division.^[1] Hakewill-Smith commanded the 52nd division during the campaign in North-West Europe.^[1] After the War he commanded the Lowland District in Scotland before serving as President of the Military Court for War Crimes Trial of Field Marshal Albert Kesselring.^[2] He retired in 1949.^[1]

Hakewill-Smith was awarded the CB (1944) and CBE (1945), and also served as the Honorary Colonel of the Royal Scots Fusiliers (1946–1957).^[1] In addition, he served at Windsor Castle as a Military Knight of Windsor, later being appointed Lieutenant Governor of the castle (1964–1972) and was created a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in 1967.^[1] He died in 1986.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
↑ Generals.dk

Honorary titles
Preceded by The Lord Trenchard	Honorary Colonel of the Royal Scots Fusiliers 1946-1957	Succeeded by Unknown

Persondata
Name	Hakewill-Smith, Edmund
Alternative names
Short description	British Army general
Date of birth	1896
Place of birth
Date of death	1986
Place of death

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