Sidney Archibald
Sidney Archibald | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 October 1890 |
| Died | 1 January 1973 (aged 82) Dorchester, Dorset, England |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1910–1944 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Service number | 737 |
| Unit | Royal Artillery |
| Commands held | 34th Anti-Aircraft Group 11th Anti-Aircraft Division |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Military Cross |
Major-General Sidney Charles Manley Archibald MC (30 October 1890 – 1 January 1973) was a British Army officer who served in both World War I and World War II.
Military career[edit]
Born in 1890, Archibald, after attending and later graduating from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 23 December 1910.[1] He served in France throughout World War I, where he was awarded the Military Cross.[2][3]
Like many others of his generation, he remained in the army during the interwar period and, after being married in 1925, attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1926−1927, where Harold Alexander, Douglas Wimberley, Charles Hudson and Brian Robertson were among his classmates. He then served on the staff of Northern Command, India, from 1929−1930, and later attended the Imperial Defence College in 1933.[2] After that, from 1934, he served as a Staff officer in the War Office, until 1937, the same year he was promoted to colonel. The next year saw him being made an Assistant Quartermaster-Master General with Anti-Aircraft Command, later going on to command the 34th Anti-Aircraft Group the year after that.[2]
Archibald was promoted to major-general in June 1940,[4] the year after the outbreak of World War II, where he served with Home Forces as General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 11th Anti-Aircraft Division from 1941 to 1943. That year saw him as Advisor to Canada on Anti-Aircraft Defences until 1944 saw him retire from the army after well over thirty years of service.[2]
Archibald, in his retirement, was Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1952 to 1958.[2] He died in Dorchester, Dorset on 1 January 1973, at the age of 82.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "No. 28454". The London Gazette. 6 January 1911. p. 128.
- ^ a b c d e Smart 2005, p. 13.
- ^ "No. 13033". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 January 1917. p. 30.
- ^ "No. 34886". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 June 1940. p. 4003.
- ^ "Sidney Charles Manley Archibald". England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1995. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
Bibliography[edit]
- Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.
External links[edit]
- 1890 births
- 1973 deaths
- British Army generals of World War II
- British Army major generals
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Royal Artillery officers
- Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies
- Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst