Charles Stainforth

Major-General Charles Herbert Stainforth CB OBE (12 December 1914 – 22 March 2001) was General Officer Commanding Aldershot District.

Charles Stainforth
Born12 December 1914
Died22 March 2001 (aged 86)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankMajor-General
Service number378004
Commands heldAldershot District
South East District
Battles/warsWorld War II
Korea
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Military career

Stainforth was commissioned into the Indian Army in 1936[1] and fought in World War II: he transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps in 1948.[2]

He also fought in Korea being appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services there in 1955.[3] In 1965, as a Brigadier, he was appointed Chief of Staff at Southern Command.[4]

He became General Officer Commanding Aldershot District in 1966[5] and General Officer Commanding South East District in 1967.[6][7] In 1969 he was invited to become Chairman of the Committee reviewing the UK Army Command Structure.[8] He retired later that year.[9]

He lived at Farnham in Surrey[10] and died in 2001 aged 86.[8]

References
  1. "No. 34262". The London Gazette. 6 March 1936. p. 1471.
  2. "No. 38245". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 March 1948. p. 2066.
  3. "No. 40502". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1955. p. 3309.
  4. "No. 43638". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 April 1965. p. 4205.
  5. "No. 44043". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 July 1966. p. 7557.
  6. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  7. "Military: Army: The Army in Aldershot has built the longest synthetic ski-slope in London". Getty Images. 1 October 1969. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  8. Medals – Obituaries & Biographies
  9. "No. 44987". The London Gazette. 12 December 1969. p. 12551.
  10. The Peerage.com
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