Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Noel Frank Broad KCB DSO (29 December 1882[1] – 23 March 1976) was a British Army General during the Second World War.
Military career
The son of Major C. H. Broad, Northumberland Fusiliers, Broad was educated at Wellington College and Pembroke College, Cambridge University.[2] He served in South Africa 1901-02 as an officer of the 3rd (Militia) battalion York & Lancaster regiment.[3]
Broad was commissioned in 1904[4] into the Cambridge University Volunteers, then into the Royal Field Artillery in May 1905[1] and went to the Staff College, Camberley in 1914.[5]
He also served in the First World War in France and Belgium, mostly on the staff.[5] He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in June 1917, "for distinguished service in the field."[6]
He transferred to the Royal Tank Corps in 1923[1] and became Commander of the 1st Brigade of the Royal Tank Corps in 1931 before being appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Aldershot Command in 1939.[5] He became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for the Eastern Army in India in 1940: in that capacity he welcomed the 7th Armoured Brigade back from Burma:[7] he retired in 1942.[5]
He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Tank Regiment from 1939 to 1949.[5]
References
- ^ a b c Half Yearly Army List January 1933
- ^ Kelly's Handbook 1944
- ^ AngloBoerwar.com - Shipping Lists May 1902
- ^ "No. 27659". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 March 1904. p. 1795.
- ^ a b c d e Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ "No. 30111". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 1917. p. 5468.
- ^ "The Desert Rats: Crossing the Chindwin and back to India". Archived from the original on 28 August 2008.
Bibliography
- Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.
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