Brian Wyldbore-Smith

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Sir Brian Wyldbore-Smith
Born10 July 1913
County Durham
Died6 December 2005 (aged 92)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Major-General
Service number 56595
Unit Royal Artillery
Commands held 44th (Home Counties) Division
Battles/wars Second World War
Malayan Emergency
Awards Knight Bachelor
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General Sir Francis Brian Wyldbore-Smith, CB , DSO , OBE (10 July 1913 – 6 December 2005) was a British Army officer.

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Military career

Educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, [1] Wyldbore-Smith was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 31 August 1933. [2] He saw action as a brigade major at the Second Battle of El Alamein in North Africa in October 1942 and then took part in the crossing of the Garigliano during the Italian Campaign of the Second World War for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. [1] He later took part in the Normandy landings and the advance through North West Europe, commanding 179th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. [1] [3]

After the war he became commanding officer of the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars in Malaya during the Malayan Emergency, then Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief Far East Command and then General Officer Commanding 44th (Home Counties) Division in July 1965 before retiring in 1968. [4]

In retirement he served as Director of the Conservative Party's Board of Finance from 1970 to 1992. [5]

Family

In 1944, he married Molly Cayzer, daughter of Lord Rotherwick; they had a son and four daughters. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Major-General Sir Brian Wyldbore-Smith". The Telegraph. 13 December 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  2. "No. 33974". The London Gazette . 1 September 1933. p. 5732.
  3. Maj-Gen H. Essame, The 43rd Wessex Division at War 1944–45, London: William Clowes, 1952, pp. 217–8; Appendix B.
  4. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  5. "Major General Sir Brian Wyldbore Smith". The Times. 6 December 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
Military offices
Preceded by GOC 44th (Home Counties) Division
1965–1968
Post disbanded