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Harold Redman
Lieutenant-General Sir Harold Redman, KCB, CBE (25 August 1899 – 1986) was a senior British Army officer and Governor of Gibraltar.
Redman was commissioned into the Royal Artillery 28 February 1917. He served in the First World War in France and Belgium during 1918 and later Germany.
He served in India and was the aide-de-camp to the general officer commanding Waziristan Force from 20 November 1923 to 19 October 1924, for which he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 13 March 1925).
He transferred to the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in February 1929, while attending the Staff College, Camberley from 1929 to 1930, alongside fellow students such as Neil Ritchie, George Erskine, Ivor Hughes, Harold Freeman-Attwood, Herbert Lumsden.
He became an instructor at the Senior Officers' School at Sheerness in October 1937 and then moved on to be an instructor at the Staff College, Camberley from 15 November 1938 to 13 August 1939.
He served on the staff at the War Office from 14 August 1939 to 2 July 1940.
He served in the Second World War, being appointed commanding officer of 7th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in July 1940. Then in February 1941 he became commander 151st Infantry Brigade until 12 December 1941 which took him to North Africa, Cyprus and the Middle East.
He was made a brigadier on the General Staff of the British Eighth Army in North Africa from 13 December 1941 to 27 March 1942.
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Harold Redman
Lieutenant-General Sir Harold Redman, KCB, CBE (25 August 1899 – 1986) was a senior British Army officer and Governor of Gibraltar.
Redman was commissioned into the Royal Artillery 28 February 1917. He served in the First World War in France and Belgium during 1918 and later Germany.
He served in India and was the aide-de-camp to the general officer commanding Waziristan Force from 20 November 1923 to 19 October 1924, for which he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 13 March 1925).
He transferred to the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in February 1929, while attending the Staff College, Camberley from 1929 to 1930, alongside fellow students such as Neil Ritchie, George Erskine, Ivor Hughes, Harold Freeman-Attwood, Herbert Lumsden.
He became an instructor at the Senior Officers' School at Sheerness in October 1937 and then moved on to be an instructor at the Staff College, Camberley from 15 November 1938 to 13 August 1939.
He served on the staff at the War Office from 14 August 1939 to 2 July 1940.
He served in the Second World War, being appointed commanding officer of 7th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in July 1940. Then in February 1941 he became commander 151st Infantry Brigade until 12 December 1941 which took him to North Africa, Cyprus and the Middle East.
He was made a brigadier on the General Staff of the British Eighth Army in North Africa from 13 December 1941 to 27 March 1942.
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