Charles Deedes

Sir Charles Deedes
Born	9 August 1879
Died	9 March 1969 (aged 89)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1899 - 1937
Rank	General
Commands held	3rd Infantry Brigade 53rd (Welsh) Division
Battles/wars	Second Boer War World War I World War II
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order

General Sir Charles Parker Deedes KCB CMG DSO (9 August 1879 - 9 March 1969) was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary.

Military career

Deedes was commissioned into the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in 1899 and served in the Second Boer War.^[1]

He also served in World War I initially as a General Staff Officer at the General Headquarters of the British Expeditionary Force and then from 1916 with 14th Army Corps and from 1917 as a General Staff Officer with 2nd Division in France.^[1]

After the War he was appointed Deputy Director of Staff Duties at the War Office.^[1] In 1926 he became Commander of 3rd Infantry Brigade and in 1928 he was made General Officer Commanding 53rd (Welsh) Division.^[1] He became Director of Personal Services at the War Office in 1930 and Military Secretary in 1934.^[1] He retired in 1937.^[1]

During World War II he was an Area Commander for the Home Guard.^[1]

Family

He married Eve Mary Dean-Pitt and they went on to have a son (Major-General Charles Julius Deedes).^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
2. ^ The Peerage.com

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Sidney Clive	Military Secretary 1934–1937	Succeeded by Viscount Gort

Persondata
Name	Deedes, Charles
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Date of birth	9 August 1879
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Date of death	9 March 1969
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