Douglas Dickinson

Lieutenant-General Douglas Povah Dickinson CB DSO OBE MC (6 November 1886 – 8 January 1949) was a senior British Army officer who commanded the East Africa Force at the start of the Second World War.

Douglas Dickinson
Born6 November 1886
Died8 January 1949 (1949-01-09) (aged 62)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1906–1944
RankLieutenant-General
Service number21854
UnitWelch Regiment
Commands held1st Battalion, Welch Regiment
East Africa Force
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross

Military career

After attending the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, Dickinson was commissioned into the Welch Regiment on 6 October 1906.[1]

He served in France and Belgium during the First World War.[2][3] After attending the Staff College, Camberley from 1919 to 1920, he was appointed Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General there in 1925, Inspector of the Iraq Army in Kurdistan in 1930 and Inspector with British Military Mission attached to the Iraq Army in 1932.[4] He went on to be Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion of The Welch Regiment in 1934, Commandant of the Nigeria Regiment in 1936 and Inspector-General of the African Colonial Forces early in 1939.[4] Dickinson served in the Second World War as General Officer Commanding the East Africa Force from September 1939 and as Chief of Staff of Western Command from January 1941.[5] He retired in 1944.[4]

Family

In 1924 he married Frances Mildred Wilson; they had two daughters.[3]

Bibliography
  • Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1-84415-049-6.

References
  1. "No. 27955". The London Gazette. 5 October 1906. p. 6721.
  2. "No. 27955". The London Gazette. 5 October 1906. p. 6721.
  3. Unit Histories
  4. Generals.dk
  5. Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
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