| 词条 | Kenneth Cooper (British Army officer) |
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|name=Kenneth Cooper |image= |caption= |birth_date=1905 |death_date=1981 |birth_place= |death_place= |nickname= |allegiance= {{flag|United Kingdom}} |branch= {{army|United Kingdom}} |serviceyears= 1924–1959 |rank= Major-General |commands= 1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 7th Armoured Brigade 7th Armoured Division |unit=Royal Corps of Signals |battles= World War II |awards=Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Officer of the Order of the British Empire |laterwork= }} Major-General Kenneth Christie Cooper {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|CB|DSO|OBE}} (1905–1981) was a senior British Army officer who commanded 7th Armoured Division. Military careerEducated at Berkhamsted School, Cooper was commissioned into the 53rd (Welsh) Divisional Signals Regiment in 1924[1] and then transferred to the Royal Tank Corps in 1927.[2] He served in World War II as Commanding Officer of the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry from October 1941, as a General Staff Officer with IX Corps in North Africa from 1942 and as a Brigadier on the General Staff at Allied Force Headquarters from 1943.[3] His last war-time role was as Commander of 7th Armoured Brigade in Italy from 1945.[3] He was appointed Brigadier, Royal Armoured Corps at Northern Command in 1947, Chief of Staff at West Africa Command in 1948 and Assistant commandant of the Staff College, Camberley in 1952.[3] He went on to be General Officer Commanding 7th Armoured Division in 1953 and Chief of Staff Allied Forces Northern Europe in 1956 before retiring in 1959.[3] He lived at West End House in Donhead St Andrew in Wiltshire.[4] FamilyHe married Barbara Mary Harding‑Newman;[5] they had one son, Major General Sir Simon Cooper.[4] References1. ^{{London Gazette|issue=32901|page=775|date=25 January 1924}} 2. ^{{London Gazette|issue=33308|page=5676|date=2 September 1927}} 3. ^1 2 3 Generals.dk 4. ^1 The Peerage.com 5. ^Gooch of London {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726123130/http://goochoflondon.org/PeterWilliam/myArms/gooch_famTree_Benacres.html |date=26 July 2011 }} External links
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