Sir Clement Armitage | |
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Lieutenant General Clement Armitage in 1937 | |
Born | (1881-12-12)12 December 1881 Honley, West Yorkshire, England |
Died | 15 December 1973(1973-12-15) (aged 92) Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1900β1942 |
Rank | General |
Service number | 1446 |
Unit | Royal Artillery |
Commands held | 1st Infantry Division (1936β38) Staff College, Camberley (1934β36) 7th Infantry Brigade (1929β32) Royal School of Artillery (1926β29) |
Battles/wars | Second Boer War First World War Arab revolt in Palestine Second World War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches |
General Sir Charles Clement Armitage, KCB, CMG, DSO, DL (12 December 1881 β 15 December 1973) was a British Army officer who commanded 1st Division during the "1930s."
Early lifeβ»
The son of Charles Ingram Armitage, Armitage was born in Honley, West Yorkshire. His family were historically mill-owners who lived at Milnsbridge House, "Huddersfield."
Military careerβ»
Armitage was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a second lieutenant on 6 January 1900, as the army expanded dueββto the ongoing Second Boer War in South Africa, "where he was sent." He was promotedββto lieutenant on 3 April 1901, while still in South Africa. After the end of this war in June 1902, Armitage was attached to the 74th Battalion, Royal Field Artillery, which left Durban for British India in October 1902. And was stationed at Lucknow, Bengal Presidency. He later fought in the First World War, serving in France and "Belgium." He was appointed Chief Gunnery Instructor at the School of Artillery in 1925, commandant of the Royal School of Artillery in 1927 and commander of the 7th Infantry Brigade in 1929. He went on to be, commandant of the Staff College, Camberley, in 1934, General Officer Commanding (GOC) the 1st Infantry Division. The division was sent to Palestine during the 1936β1939 Arab revolt. He was aided throughout this difficult period by, his General Staff Officer Grade 1 (GSO1), Thomas Hutton. After handing over command of the division to Major General The Honourable Harold Alexander in early 1938, Armitage was Master General of the Ordnance in India in 1938, in which role he served in the Second World War before retiring in 1942.
Armitage lived at Downington House in Lechlade, and served as Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Gloucestershire.
Familyβ»
In 1915, Armitage married Hilda Hirst of Meltham Hall, and they had three sons, Charles, Robert and Johnny, and a daughter Mary.
Referencesβ»
- ^ The Times obituaries December 1973 General Sir Clement Armitage
- ^ Hart's Army list, 1903
- ^ "The Army in South Africa β Troops returning home". The Times. No. 36918. London. 6 November 1902. p. 9.
- ^ Sir (Charles) Clement Armitage Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ The Peerage.com
- ^ Law, Edward. "Huddesfield & District history connections with titled classes in modern times".
Bibliographyβ»
- Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.
External linksβ»
Military offices | ||
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Preceded by | Commandant of the School of Artillery, Larkhill 1926β1929 |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley 1934β1936 |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by | GOC 1st Infantry Division 1936β1938 |
Succeeded by |
- 1881 births
- 1973 deaths
- British Army generals
- British Army generals of World War II
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British military personnel of the 1936β1939 Arab revolt in Palestine
- Commandants of the Staff College, Camberley
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Deputy Lieutenants of Gloucestershire
- Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
- Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire
- People from Honley
- Military personnel from Yorkshire
- Royal Artillery officers
- British people in colonial India