Charles Norman

Charles Norman
Born 1891
Died 1974 (aged 82 or 83)
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Major-General
Commands held 1st Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade
27th Armoured Brigade
8th Armoured Division
10th Armoured Division
Aldershot District
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General Charles Wake Norman CBE (1891–1974) was General Officer Commanding Aldershot District.

Military career

Educated at Eton College, Norman was commissioned into the Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry in 1910.[1]

He served in World War II initially as Inspector of the Royal Armoured Corps.[2] In 1940 he was made Commander of the 1st Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade in France and then Commander of 27th Armoured Brigade.[2]

He was appointed General Officer Commanding 8th Armoured Division in North Africa in 1941 and GOC 10th Armoured Division in the Middle East in 1942.[2] He went on to be GOC Aldershot District in 1944[3] before becoming Major-General in charge of Armoured Fighting Vehicles at Middle East Command in 1945.[2] He retired in 1946.[2]

He lived at Bromley Common until 1946[4] and was appointed High Sheriff of Kent in 1947.[5]

References

  1. The London Gazette: no. 28435. p. 7982. 8 November 1910. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Generals.dk
  3. British Military History
  4. The Normans
  5. The London Gazette: no. 38126. p. 5439. 18 November 1947. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
Military offices
Preceded by
Richard McCreery
GOC, 8th Armoured Division
October 1941August 1942
Succeeded by
Charles Gairdner
Preceded by
Alexander Gatehouse
GOC, 10th Armoured Division
December 1942January 1943
Succeeded by
Horace Birks
Preceded by
New Post
GOC Aldershot District
19441946
Succeeded by
Joseph Baillon
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