After the war he became Commandant, School of Infantry in September 1948, General Officer Commanding 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division in September 1951 and Director of Infantry in October 1955 before retiring in December 1958 .[5]
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cecil, firbank, major, general, cecil, llewellyn, firbank, 1903, 1985, british, army, officer, born1903died1985, aged, allegianceunited, kingdomservice, branchbritish, armyyears, service1924, 1958rankmajor, generalservice, number28072unitsomerset, light, infan. Major General Cecil Llewellyn Firbank CB CBE DSO amp Bar DL 1903 1985 was a British Army officer Cecil FirbankBorn1903Died1985 aged 81 82 AllegianceUnited KingdomService wbr branchBritish ArmyYears of service1924 1958RankMajor GeneralService number28072UnitSomerset Light InfantryCommands held2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment71st Infantry BrigadeSchool of Infantry43rd Wessex Infantry DivisionBattles warsSecond World WarAwardsCompanion of the Order of the BathCommander of the Order of the British EmpireDistinguished Service Order amp BarMilitary career editBorn in Oakhill Mendip District Somerset Firbank entered the Royal Military College Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Somerset Light Infantry on 30 January 1924 Eric Bols and Robert King were among his fellow graduates both also future major generals 1 During the Second World War he commanded the 2nd Battalion the Lincolnshire Regiment in North West Europe in 1944 and then commanded the 71st Infantry Brigade also in North West Europe from April 1945 during the Second World War 2 for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order amp Bar 3 4 After the war he became Commandant School of Infantry in September 1948 General Officer Commanding 43rd Wessex Infantry Division in September 1951 and Director of Infantry in October 1955 before retiring in December 1958 5 He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1951 Birthday Honours 6 and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1953 Coronation Honours 7 He was honorary colonel of the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry from 1963 to 1968 8 References edit No 32903 The London Gazette 1 February 1924 p 958 Firbank Cecil Llewellyn Generals dk Retrieved 4 June 2020 No 36961 The London Gazette Supplement 27 February 1945 p 1172 No 37138 The London Gazette Supplement 19 June 1945 p 3231 Army Commands PDF Retrieved 4 June 2020 No 39243 The London Gazette Supplement 1 June 1951 p 3067 No 39863 The London Gazette Supplement 26 May 1953 p 2943 The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry regiments org Archived from the original on 17 January 2006 Retrieved 8 March 2017 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link External links editGenerals of World War II Military offices Preceded byMichael West Commandant of the School of Infantry1948 1951 Succeeded byRichard Elton Goodwin Preceded byCharles Coleman GOC 43rd Wessex Infantry Division1951 1954 Succeeded byEric Sixsmith Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cecil Firbank amp oldid 1179927378, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
