| 词条 | Frank Simpson (British Army officer) |
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| name = Sir Frank Simpson | image = | caption = | birth_date = 21 March 1899 | death_date = 28 July 1986 (aged 87) | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = | death_place = | nickname = | allegiance ={{flag|United Kingdom}} | branch ={{army|United Kingdom}} | serviceyears =1916–1954 | rank =General | unit =Royal Engineers | commands =Western Command | battles =World War I World War II | awards = Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order | relations = | laterwork = }} General Sir Frank Ernest Wallace Simpson, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GBE|KCB|DSO}} (21 March 1899 – 28 July 1986) was a senior British Army officer during the 1940s. Military careerBorn on 21 March 1899, Simpson was educated at Bishop Cotton Boys' School,[1] Bedford School, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.[2] He was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1916.[3] He served in World War I in France and Belgium in 1918 and then after the War went to Afghanistan and the North West Frontier of India and attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1931–32.[3] He also served in World War II initially in France and Belgium with the British Expeditionary Force and was involved in the defence of Arras and then the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940.[3] He became Chief of Staff to General Bernard Law Montgomery in 1940 and then Deputy Director of Military Operations at the War Office in 1942 being promoted to Director of Military Operations in 1943.[3] After the War he became Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff for Operations in 1945 and then Vice Chief of Imperial General Staff in 1946.[3] In this role he fought cut-backs in the size of the Army.[4] In 1948 he was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Command and in 1952 he became Commandant of the Imperial Defence College: he retired in 1954.[3] He was made Colonel of the Royal Pioneer Corps from 1950 to 1961.[5] RetirementIn retirement he became an advisor to the West Africa Committee, a body formed to promote British business interests in West Africa.[6] He was Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea from 1961[7] to 1969.[8] References1. ^Bishop Cotton Boys' School Alumni {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721090442/http://www.genthimayya.org/Alumni.html |date=21 July 2011 }} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{succession box | title = Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff | before =Sir Archibald Nye | after =Sir Gerald Templer | years = 1946–1948}}2. ^Who's Who 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives 4. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=uQ3HJIiYq2MC&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=%22Sir+Frank+Simpson%22&source=bl&ots=nEw5_Wigxo&sig=zyM7C1MqcMrwq5mUj4C7zm_oTkQ&hl=en&ei=yGbjSuKvCouz4QaI8NyDAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Sir%20Frank%20Simpson%22&f=false Big wars and small wars: the British army and the lessons of war in the 20th Century By Hew Strachan, Page 69] Routledge, 2006, {{ISBN|978-0-415-54504-4}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org:80/regiments/uk/corps/RPC.htm |title=Royal Pioneer Corps |publisher=Regiments.org |accessdate=18 December 2017 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060719150643/http://www.regiments.org:80/regiments/uk/corps/RPC.htm|archivedate=5 January 2017 |df=dmy }} 6. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=CT6fv0PyLKEC&pg=PA132&lpg=PA132&dq=%22Sir+Frank+Simpson%22&source=bl&ots=xONuvV0eNV&sig=BbPcivc_spgNILU3MKVO_OGCYOw&hl=en&ei=bGjjSuPcA4au4Qbl0pGSAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CB8Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22Sir%20Frank%20Simpson%22&f=false The business of decolonization: British business strategies in the Gold Coast By S. E. Stockwell, Page 132] Oxford University Press, 2000, {{ISBN|978-0-19-820848-8}} 7. ^{{London Gazette|issue=42366|supp=y|page=3987|date=26 May 1961}} 8. ^{{London Gazette|issue=44885|supp=y|page=6782|date=1 July 1969}} |-{{s-bef|before=Sir Brian Horrocks}}{{s-ttl|title=GOC-in-C Western Command|years=1948–1951}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Cameron Nicholson}} |-{{s-bef|before=Sir Charles Daniel}}{{s-ttl|title=Commandant of the Imperial Defence College|years=1952–1954}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Arthur Sanders}} |-{{s-hon}}{{s-bef| before = Sir Kenneth Crawford }}{{s-ttl| title = Chief Royal Engineer | years = 1961–1967 }}{{s-aft| after = Sir Charles Jones }} |-{{s-bef|before=Sir Cameron Nicholson}}{{s-ttl|title=Governor, Royal Hospital Chelsea| years=1961–1969}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Charles Jones}}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Simpson, Frank}} 14 : 1899 births|1986 deaths|Bishop Cotton Boys' School alumni|People educated at Bedford School|Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge|Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich|Royal Engineers officers|British Army generals|Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath|Companions of the Distinguished Service Order|British Army personnel of World War I|British Army personnel of World War II|Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley |
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