Edmund Osborne

Edmund Osborne
Born	1885
Died	1969
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade Cairo Brigade 44th (Home Counties) Division II Corps
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order

Lieutenant-General Edmund Archibald Osborne CB DSO (1885–1969) was a British Army officer who commanded II Corps during World War II.

Military career

Osborne was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1904.^[1] He served in World War I and then became Commander of the School of Signals in 1926.^[1] He went on to be a General Staff Officer with 3rd Infantry Division in 1930, Commander of 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade in 1933 and Commander of the Cairo Brigade in Egypt in 1934.^[1] He served in World War II initially as General Officer Commanding 44th (Home Counties) Division and then as Commander of II Corps from 1940^[2] until he retired in 1941.^[1]

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