Frank Caldwell

Major-General Frank Griffiths Caldwell, OBE, MC and bar (26 February 1921 – 22 November 2014) was a British Army officer who became Assistant Chief of the General Staff.

Frank Caldwell
Born(1921-02-26)26 February 1921
Died22 November 2014(2014-11-22) (aged 93)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1940–1974
RankMajor-General
Battles/warsSecond World War
Malayan Emergency
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross & Bar

Military career

Educated at Elizabeth College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,[1] Caldwell was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1940 during the Second World War.[2] He served in the Middle East, where he was awarded the Military Cross in May 1941[3] and a bar to it in December 1941,[4] and in North West Europe.[5] He also served in Malaya during the Malayan Emergency in the rank of major.[6] He was appointed Director of Defence Operational Plans at the Ministry of Defence in 1970[7] and Assistant Chief of the General Staff (Operational Requirements) in 1972 before retiring in 1974.[8] He died on 22 November 2014 in Guernsey.[9]

Family

He married Betty Palmer Buesden; they have a daughter and a son.[10]

References
  1. "Major General "Griff" Caldwell - obituary". The Telegraph. 21 December 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  2. "No. 34813". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 March 1940. p. 1614.
  3. "No. 35157". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 May 1941. p. 2646.
  4. "No. 35396". The London Gazette. 26 December 1941. p. 7334.
  5. "No. 36917". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 January 1945. p. 672.
  6. "No. 40000". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 October 1953. p. 5771.
  7. Ministry of Defence Senior Posts Archived 17 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  9. CALDWELL
  10. Descendants of Stanley Howard
Military offices
Preceded by
Ian Gill		 Assistant Chief of the General Staff
1972–1974		 Succeeded by
Hugh Cunningham
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