Edmund Osborne

Lieutenant-General Edmund Archibald Osborne CB DSO (1885–1969) was a British Army officer who commanded II Corps during the Second World War.

Edmund Osborne
Nickname(s)"Sigs"
Born1885
Died1969 (aged 83–84)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service19041941
RankLieutenant-General
UnitRoyal Engineers
Royal Corps of Signals
Commands held157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade
Cairo Brigade
44th (Home Counties) Division
II Corps
Battles/warsFirst World War I
Second World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order

Military career

Osborne entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Royal Engineers, British Army, in 1904.[1] He served in the First World War and then attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1921–1922 and later became Commander of the School of Signals in 1926.[1]

He went on to be a General Staff Officer (GSO) with the 3rd Infantry Division in 1930. Osborne subsequently became Commander of 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade in 1933 and Commander of the Cairo Brigade in Egypt in 1934.[1]

He served in the Second World War, initially as General Officer Commanding (GOC) 44th (Home Counties) Division from April 1938 and then as GOC II Corps from 1940[2] until he retired from the British Army in 1941.[1]

References

  1. "Osborne, Edmund". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Military offices
Preceded by
John Minshull-Ford
GOC 44th (Home Counties) Division
1938–1940
Succeeded by
Arthur Percival
Preceded by
Bernard Montgomery
GOC II Corps
1940–1941
Succeeded by
Kenneth Anderson
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