Robert Goldsmith

Major-General Robert Burrell Frederick Kinglake Goldsmith CBE, CB (21 June 1907 – 7 April 1995) was a senior British Army officer who became colonel of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.

Robert Goldsmith
Born(1907-06-21)21 June 1907
Died7 April 1995(1995-04-07) (aged 87)[1]
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankMajor-General
UnitDuke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Commands held131st Infantry Brigade

Military career

Goldsmith was commissioned into the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in 1927.[2] He served in the Second World War as general staff officer (operations) for the Allied invasion of Sicily in June 1943 and for the Allied invasion of Italy in September 1943 before becoming Deputy Chief of Staff of the 1st Allied Airborne Army in 1944.[2]

After the War he became Commander of 131 Infantry Brigade in 1950, Chief of Staff at Headquarters British Troops in Egypt in 1951 and Deputy Director of Personal Services in 1954.[3] He went on to be Chief of Staff at Headquarters Western Command in 1956 and General Officer Commanding Catterick Area and Yorkshire District in 1959 before retiring in 1962.[3]

He also served as colonel of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.[3]

References
  1. The Times, April 21, 1995
  2. "Major-General B F K Goldsmith". Paradata. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  3. "The Colonels of The Regiment". Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
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