Robert King (British Army officer) explained

Robert King
Birth Date:1904
Death Date:16 December 1983 (aged 78–79)
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:British Army
Serviceyears:1924–1959
Rank:Major General
Servicenumber:28105
Unit:West Yorkshire Regiment
Commands:44th (Home Counties) Division (1954–56)
17th Infantry Brigade (1946–48)
1st Indian Infantry Brigade (1944–46)
Battles:Second World War
Awards:Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Major General Robert Charles Moss King, (1904 – 16 December 1983) was a British Army officer.

Military career

After graduating from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, King was commissioned into the West Yorkshire Regiment on 30 January 1924. Eric Bols and Cecil Firbank were among his graduates, both also future major generals.

King served in the Far East in the Second World War, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. After the war he became commander of the 17th Infantry Brigade in Germany in December 1946, deputy director of Military Operations at the War Office in February 1953, and General Officer Commanding 44th (Home Counties) Division in January 1954.[1] His last appointment was as Director of Quartering at the War Office in February 1957 before retiring in April 1959.[1]

King died on 16 December 1983.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Army Commands. 7 June 2020.
  2. Web site: Major-General Robert Charles Moss King, CB, DSO, OBE. The Times. 1983. 12 June 2020.