Edward Burke-Gaffney | |
Birth Date: | 1900 |
Death Date: | 1981 (aged 80−81) |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Branch: | British Army |
Serviceyears: | 1920-1954 |
Rank: | Major-General |
Servicenumber: | 19140 |
Commands: | Aldershot District |
Battles: | World War II |
Major-General Edward Sebastian Burke-Gaffney (1900 - 1981) was a British Army officer who commanded Aldershot District.
Burke-Gaffney was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1920. In 1933 he became the Officer Commanding the Gentleman Cadets at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.[1] He served in World War II as a staff officer responsible for co-ordination and supply at Army Headquarters in India.[2] After the War became a brigadier at Scottish Command.[1] He was appointed General Officer Commanding Aldershot District in 1953 and retired in 1954.[1]