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Major General Lionel Hugh Knightley Finch Template:Postnominals (5 July 1888 – 23 October 1982) was a senior British Army officer.
Military career
After being educated at Cheltenham College,[1] Finch was commissioned into the 3rd Battalion, the Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment on 1 July 1908.[2] He served in the 2nd Battalion the Cheshire Regiment in the First World War and his capture and subsequent detention as a prisoner of war was recognised by his appointment as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.[3] He was appointed a companion of the Distinguished Service Order in the 1917 New Year Honours[4] and went on to command the 13th (Service) Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment in the later stages of the war.[5]
After attending the Staff College, Camberley, from 1924 to 1925.[1] Finch became commanding officer of 1st Battalion the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1934.[6] He went on to be Assistant Adjutant-General at the War Office in 1936, Deputy Director of Recruiting and Organisation at the War Office in 1939 and Deputy Adjutant-General at the War Office in 1940.[6] After that he became General Officer Commanding 18th Infantry Division in June 1940 before retiring in July 1940.[6]
Finch was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 1 July 1941.[7] He retired to Sussex, where he died on 23 October 1982, at the age of 94.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Smart, p. 102
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- ↑ Commanging Officers: the Cheshire Regiment.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Finch, Lionel Hugh Knightley. Generals.dk.
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External links
Bibliography
- Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War{{#if:Smart|, Smart}. Pen & Sword(2005). ISBN 1844150496
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