Robert Goldsmith
Born(1907-06-21)21 June 1907
Kelston Lodge, Bath, Somerset, England[1]
Died7 April 1995(1995-04-07) (aged 87)[2]
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1927−1962
RankMajor-General
Service number38857
UnitDuke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Commands held131st Infantry Brigade
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath

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.

Military career

Lieutenant General Lewis H. Brereton with British Brigadier Robert Goldsmith, FAAA deputy, and American officers of the Allied Air staff watching a large scale exercise by the British 6th Airborne Division in the West Country.

Goldsmith was commissioned into the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in 1927.[3] He attended the Staff College, Camberley in the late 1930s.[4]

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.[3]

After the War he became commander of the 131 Infantry Brigade in 1950, Chief of Staff at Headquarters British Troops in Egypt in 1951 and Deputy Director of Personal Services in 1954.[5] 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.[5]

He also served as colonel of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Howard, Joseph Jackson; Crisp, Frederick Arthur (1908). Visitation of England and Wales. Vol. 15.
  2. ↑ The Times, April 21, 1995
  3. 1 2 "Major-General B F K Goldsmith". Paradata. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "No. 34362". The London Gazette. 22 January 1937. p. 484.
  5. 1 2 3 "The Colonels of The Regiment". Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
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