| 词条 | Geoffrey Bourne, Baron Bourne |
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| name = The Lord Bourne | image = Geoffrey Bourne 1948.jpg | caption = Geoffrey Bourne 1948 | birth_date =5 October 1902 | death_date =26 June 1982 (aged 79) | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance ={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | branch = British Army | serviceyears =1923–1960 | rank =General | unit = | commands =152 Field Artillery Regiment 5th Indian Infantry Division British Forces Berlin 16th Airborne Division Eastern Command Malaya Command Middle East Land Forces | battles =World War II | awards =Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George | relations = | laterwork = }} General Geoffrey Kemp Bourne, Baron Bourne {{postnominals|country=GBR|GCB|KBE|CMG}} (5 October 1902 – 26 June 1982) was a British soldier. Military careerCommissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1923,[1] Bourne served in Hong Kong from 1930 to 1932, in Gibraltar from 1933 and 1934, in the Staff College, Camberley in 1935 and 1936, and in Colchester in 1937.[1] In 1938 and 1939, he was General Staff Officer of the War Office.[1] During the Second World War, he was a member of the Joint Planning Staff between 1939 and 1941, and a member of the Joint Staff Mission in Washington, D.C. in 1942.[1] In 1944, he was Commander of the 152nd (Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, fighting in Italy, and member of the General Staff Airborne Corps fighting in Belgium.[1] Between 1945 and 1946, he commanded the 5th Indian Division, in Java and worked at the Imperial Defence College in 1947.[1] He was Head of the British Mission to Burma in 1948 and Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin from 1949 to 1951.[1] Between 1951 and 1953 he commanded 16th Airborne Division, was General Officer Commander in Chief Eastern Command between 1953 and 1954, and General Officer Commanding Malaya between 1954 and 1956.[1] Bourne was Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Land Forces in 1957 and Commandant of the Imperial Defence College between 1958 and 1959.[1] He retired in 1960.[1] He was also Aide-de-Camp General to The Queen in 1959 and 1960, Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1954 to 1967 and Honorary Colonel, 10 Battalion The Parachute Regiment, Territorial Army from 1960 to 1965.[1] Personal lifeOn 11 July 1928, Bourne married Agnes Evelyn Thompson, daughter of Sir Ernest Thompson. [2]The couple had one son, the Hon. Michael Bourne (1936-2013). Lady Bourne died in 1990. Bourne was invested as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire and as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.[3] On 22 August 1964, he was created a life peer with the title Baron Bourne, of Atherstone in the County of Warwickshire. References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Liddell Hart Centre for Military archives {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Sir Otway Herbert}}{{s-ttl|title=Commandant, British Sector in Berlin|years=1949–1951}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Charles Coleman}}2. ^{{cite web |title=Agnes Evelyn (née Thompson), Lady Bourne of Atherstone |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp146134/agnes-evelyn-nee-thompson-lady-bourne-of-atherstone |website=National Portrait Gallery}} 3. ^{{cite web | url= http://www.thepeerage.com/p13351.htm#i133510| title= thePeerage| accessdate=14 December 2006}} |-{{s-bef|before=Gerald Lathbury}}{{s-ttl|title=General Officer Commanding 16th Airborne Division|years=1951–1953}}{{s-aft|after=Francis Rome}} |-{{s-bef|before=Sir George Erskine}}{{s-ttl|title=GOC-in-C Eastern Command|years=1953–1954}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Francis Festing}} |-{{s-bef|before=Sir Hugh Stockwell}}{{s-ttl|title=GOC Malaya|years=1954–1956}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Roger Bower}} |-{{s-bef|before=Sir Charles Keightley}}{{s-ttl|title=C-in-C Middle East Land Forces|years=1957–1958}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Roger Bower}} |-{{s-bef|before=Sir Guy Russell}}{{s-ttl|title=Commandant of the Imperial Defence College|years=1958–1960}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Robert Scott}}{{end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Bourne, Geoffrey}} 12 : 1902 births|1982 deaths|British Army generals|British Army personnel of World War II|Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George|Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire|Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath|Life peers|Royal Artillery officers|British Army personnel of the Malayan Emergency|Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley|Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry officers |
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