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Geoffrey Franklyn

Brigadier Geoffrey Ernest Warren Franklyn, DSO, MC (26 August 1889 – 1967) was a senior British Army officer.

Military career

Born the son of Lieutenant General Sir William Franklyn and Helen Williams,[1] and educated at Rugby School,[2] Franklyn was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 23 December 1909.[3] His service in the First World War was recognized when he was appointed a companion of the Distinguished Service Order in the 1919 Birthday Honours.[4]

Franklyn was briefly Acting General Officer Commanding 18th Infantry Division in May 1940, based in the United Kingdom, during the Second World War.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Gen. Sir Harold Franklyn – The Dunkirk Campaign". The Times. 1 April 1963. p. 12.
  2. ^ Rugby School Register 1892–1921
  3. ^ "No. 28329". The London Gazette. 14 January 1910. p. 340.
  4. ^ "No. 13453". The Edinburgh Gazette. 5 June 1919. p. 1852.
  5. ^ "Franklyn, Geoffrey Ernest Warren". Generals.dk. Retrieved 26 May 2020.