Английская Википедия:Alfred Robinson (British Army officer)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox military person Major-General Alfred Eryk Robinson Шаблон:Post-nominals (19 September 1894 – 4 March 1978) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Robinson was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, in 1894, and was educated at Scarborough College.Шаблон:Sfn He later entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,Шаблон:Sfn from where he was commissioned into the Green Howards on 12 August 1914[1] and saw service during the First World War.[2] He was wounded twice during the war and was also mentioned in dispatches twice.Шаблон:Sfn

He remained in the army during the interwar period and the start of World War II saw him as commanding officer of the 1st Battalion the Green Howards in 1939 and commanded the battalion during the Norwegian campaign, before being given command of 115th Brigade in October 1940 on his return to England.[3] He went on to be General Officer Commanding 47th (London) Infantry Division in September 1942,[4] Director-General of Air Defence at the Air Ministry in 1944 and Inspector of Ground Combat Training at the Air Ministry in 1945 before retiring in 1948.[5]Шаблон:Sfn

He was colonel of the Green Howards from 1949 to 1959.[6]Шаблон:Sfn

He was a Deputy Lieutenant for North Riding of Yorkshire from 1952 and a Justice of the peace from 1953.Шаблон:Sfn

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