Geoffrey Armitage | |
Birth Date: | 5 July 1917 |
Death Date: | 23 June 1996 (aged 78) |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Servicenumber: | 73009 |
Rank: | Major-General |
Branch: | British Army |
Commands: | Royal Armoured Corps Centre North East District |
Unit: | Royal Artillery |
Battles: | Second World War |
Awards: | Commander of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross |
Major-General Geoffrey Thomas Alexander Armitage (5 July 1917 – 23 June 1996) was a British Army officer.
Educated at Haileybury,[1] 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.[2]