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Charles Broad (British Army officer)
Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Noel Frank Broad KCB DSO (29 December 1882[1] – 23 March 1976) was a British Army General during the Second World War. Military careerThe son of Major C. H. Broad, Northumberland Fusiliers, Broad was educated at Wellington College and Pembroke College, Cambridge University.[2] He served in South Africa 1901-02 as an officer of the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment.[3] Broad was commissioned in 1904[4] into the Cambridge University Volunteers, then into the Royal Field Artillery in May 1905[1] and went to the Staff College, Camberley in 1914.[5] He also served in the First World War in France and Belgium, mostly on the staff.[5] He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in June 1917, "for distinguished service in the field."[6] He transferred to the Royal Tank Corps in 1923[1] and became Commander of the 1st Brigade of the Royal Tank Corps in 1931 before being appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Aldershot Command in 1939.[5] He became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for the Eastern Army in India in 1940: in that capacity he welcomed the 7th Armoured Brigade back from Burma:[7] he retired in 1942.[5] He was also colonel commandant of the Royal Tank Regiment from 1939 to 1949.[5] References
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