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George Giffard

General Sir George James Giffard, GCB, DSO (27 September 1886 – 17 November 1964) was a British military officer, who had a distinguished career in command of African troops in the First World War, rising to command an Army Group in South East Asia in the Second World War.[1]

For the English barrister and judge, see George Markham Giffard. For the Royal Navy officer, see George Augustus Giffard. For other people, see George Gifford (disambiguation).

General

Sir George Giffard

GCB, DSO

(1886-09-27)27 September 1886
Englefield Green, Surrey, England

17 November 1964(1964-11-17) (aged 78)
Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, England

United Kingdom

British Army

1905–1946

General

3408

Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

11th Army Group (1943–44)
Eastern Army, India (1943)
West Africa Command (1940–43)
British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan (1940)
2nd Battalion, Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment (1932–33)

First World War
Second World War

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches (2)
Croix de Guerre (France)
Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland)

Susan Lawrence (aunt)

Other appointments[edit]

In 1945, Giffard was made Colonel of the Queen's Royal Regiment.[2] He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal West African Frontier Force and of the King's African Rifles.[2] Giffard was also Aide-de-Camp General to the King from 1943 to 1946.[2] He retired in 1946.[2]

Allen, Louis (1984). Burma: the longest War 1941–45. J. M. Dent and Sons.  0-460-02474-4.

ISBN

McLynn, Frank (2011). The Burma Command. Vintage Books.  978-0-099-55178-2.

ISBN

(1956). Defeat Into Victory. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-29114-5.

Slim, William

Adams, Gregg (2016). King's African Rifles Soldier vs Schutztruppe Soldier. East Africa 1917–18. : Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4728-1327-5.

Oxford

Mead, Richard (2007). Churchill's Lions: a biographical guide to the key British generals of World War II. Stroud (UK): Spellmount.  978-1-86227-431-0.

ISBN

Smart, Nick (2005). . Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen and Sword Books. ISBN 1844150496.

Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War

British Military History Biographies G

Generals of World War II