Richard Elton Goodwin
Lieutenant General Sir Richard Goodwin | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | "Dick" |
| Born | 17 August 1908 Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order |
Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment during the campaign in Northwest Europe
from June 1944 until May 1945, and later reached high office in the 1960s.
Military career
Goodwin joined the
Madras in 1935.[4]
Goodwin served in the
Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment from 1943.[4]
After the war, Goodwin commanded the 214th Infantry Brigade in 1945 and then went to the Staff College, Camberley in 1946.[4] He became a college commander at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1947 and a Colonel on the General Staff at General Headquarters Far East Land Forces in 1949.[4]
Goodwin was appointed
General Officer Commanding (GOC) 49th (North Midlands and West Riding) Division and North Midland District of the Territorial Army in 1957 and GOC East Africa Command in 1960.[4] In this capacity he accelerated the commissioning of African officers.[6] He was appointed GOC 1st (British) Corps within the British Army of the Rhine in 1963 and Military Secretary in 1966; he retired in 1969.[4][7]
References
- ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007
- ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837–1915
- ^ "Deaths". The Times. 31 October 1986. p. 1.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Goodwin, Richard". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "No. 33755". The London Gazette. 22 September 1931. p. 6107.
- ISBN 978-0-325-07068-1.
- ^ "Goodwin, Richard Elton". Generals.dk. Retrieved 16 June 2020.