Geoffrey Armitage

Major-General
Geoffrey Armitage
CBE
Born5 July 1917
Died23 June 1996 (aged 78)
Military career
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch
British Army
Rank
Major-General
Service number73009
UnitRoyal Artillery
CommandsRoyal Armoured Corps Centre
North East District
Conflicts
Second World War
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross

Major-General Geoffrey Thomas Alexander Armitage CBE (5 July 1917 – 23 June 1996) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Educated at Haileybury, Armitage was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 26 August 1937 and served as a war substantive captain in the Second World War. He became Commandant, Royal Armoured Corps Centre in 1962, Chief of Staff, I (British) Corps in 1966 and General Officer Commanding, North East District in August 1970 before retiring in January 1973.

References

  1. ↑ "Orders of Chivalry Haileybury 1912-1962". Haileybury School. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "No. 34430". The London Gazette. 27 August 1937. p. 5442.
  3. ↑ "No. 37239". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 August 1945. p. 4319.
  4. ↑ "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.