Harry Kenneth Dimoline

Harry Kenneth Dimoline
Born	1903
Died	1972 (aged 69)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Indian Army
Rank	Brigadier
Commands held	Royal Artillery, Indian 4th Infantry Division (1942 to 1944) Indian 4th Infantry Division (Acting) (1944) Royal Artillery, 47th (London) Infantry Division (1944) Royal Artillery, Indian 17th Infantry Division (1944 to 1945)
Battles/wars	North Africa Campaign Italian Campaign Burma Campaign
Awards	CBE (1943)[1] MBE (1938)[2] DSO (1942)[3] TD (date?) CPM (1952)[4] Mentioned in Despatches (1941)[5] (1945)[6] (1946)[7]

Brigadier Harry Kenneth Dimoline CBE MBE DSO TD CPM (6 September? 1903–15 November 1972^[8]) was an artillery officer in the British and British Indian Armies during World War II.

World War II

Dimoline held appointments during World War II as Brigadier, Commander Royal Artillery, in Indian 4th Infantry Division (in North Africa and Tunisia and also the Italian Campaign), 47th (London) Infantry Division (in the UK) and Indian 17th Infantry Division in Burma. He was acting commander of the Indian 4th Infantry Division during the second Battle of Monte Cassino.

Post-war

Dimoline served as Honorary Superintendent (police) Auxiliary Police, Federation of Malaya,^[4] during the Malayan Emergency.

Career summary

• Commissioned into 59th (4th West Lancashire) Medium Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery, Territorial Army as second lieutenant (19 October 1921)^[9]
• Promoted lieutenant (19 October 1923)^[10]
• Promoted captain (1 July 1926), initially a provisional rank,^[11] later confirmed^[12]
• Promoted major (29 May 1931)^[13]
• Promoted lieutenant-colonel (5 May 1939)^[14]
• Commander Royal Artillery 4th Indian Division, North Africa - Italy (1942–1944)
• Acting major-general (6 February 1944 – 9 March 1944)^[15]
• Acting General Officer Commanding 4th Indian Division, Italy (1944)
• Commander Royal Artillery 47th (London) Infantry Division (1944)
• Commander Royal Artillery Indian 17th Infantry Division, Burma (1944–1945)
• Substantive colonel (11 April 1945)^[16]
• Supernumerary colonel and honorary brigadier (20 December 1945)^[17]
• Transfer to Territorial Army Reserve of Officers (13 February 1951)^[18]
• Retired (6 September 1961)^[19]

Personal

His elder brother was Major-General William Alfred Dimoline

Footnotes

1. The London Gazette: no. 36261. p. 5171. 23 November 1943. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
2. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 34518. p. 3694. 7 June 1938. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
3. The London Gazette: no. 35697. p. 3948. 8 September 1942. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
4. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 39421. p. 35. 28 December 1951. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
5. The London Gazette: no. 35396. pp. 7339–7342. 26 December 1941. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
6. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36886. pp. 315–316. 9 January 1945. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
7. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37558. pp. 2208–2209. 7 May 1946. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
8. The London Gazette: no. 45846. p. 14701. 8 December 1972. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
9. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 32662. p. 2796. 4 April 1922. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
10. The London Gazette: no. 32881. p. 7949. 20 November 1923. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
11. The London Gazette: no. 33181. p. 4543. 9 July 1926. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
12. The London Gazette: no. 33203. p. 6099. 21 September 1926. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
13. The London Gazette: no. 33727. p. 3394. 19 June 1931. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
14. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 34622. p. 3001. 5 May 1939. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
15. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36908. p. 565. 23 January 1945. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
16. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37459. p. 854. 5 February 1946. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
17. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 38405. p. 5044. 14 September 1948. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
18. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 39146. p. 781. 9 February 1951. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
19. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 42456. p. 6541. 5 September 1961. Retrieved 2007-11-29.

References

• Ammentorp, Steen. "Generals of World War II". Retrieved 2007-09-02.
• Anon (1946). One More River: The Story of The Eighth Indian Division. Bombay: H.W. Smith, Times of India Press.
• Anon (1946). The Tiger Triumphs: The Story of Three Great Divisions in Italy. HMSO.
• MacKenzie, Compton (1951). Eastern Epic. Chatto & Windus, London. pp. 623 pages.
• "Orders of Battle.com". Retrieved 2007-09-02.