Eric Sixsmith
{{Short description|British Army officer}}
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| birth_date =15 October 1904
| death_date =6 April 1986 (aged 81)
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| birth_place =Cardiff
| death_place =Yeovil
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| allegiance =United Kingdom
| branch =British Army
| serviceyears =1924–1961
| servicenumber =30697
| rank =Major-General
| unit =Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
| commands =2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers
2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
| battles =Second World War
| awards =Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Major-General Eric Keir Gilborne Sixsmith, {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB|CBE}} (15 October 1904 – 6 April 1986) was a British Army officer.
Military career
Educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,Who was Who 1981–1990 {{ISBN|0-7136-3336-0}} Sixsmith was commissioned into the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) on 27 August 1924.{{London Gazette|issue=32969|page=6499|date=29 August 1924}}
He commanded the 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers in Italy and then the 2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in Italy and then became Deputy Director of Staff Duties at the War Office during the Second World War.{{cite web|url=http://generals.dk/general/Sixsmith/Eric_Keir_Gilborne/Great_Britain.html|title=Sixsmith, Eric Keir Gilborne|publisher=Generals.dk|accessdate=5 June 2020}}
After the war he became Deputy Director of Personnel Administration at the War Office in January 1948, Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander, British Forces in Hong Kong in January 1952 and Chief of Staff for Far East Land Forces in April 1952.{{cite web|url=https://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|accessdate=4 June 2020}} After that he became General Officer Commanding 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division in September 1954 and Assistant Chief of Staff, Organization and Training at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in November 1957 before retiring in January 1961.
He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1941 Birthday Honours,{{London Gazette|issue=35204|page=3741|date=27 June 1941|supp=y}} advanced to Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1946 Birthday Honours and appointed and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1951 Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette|issue=39243|page=3061|date=1 June 1951|supp=y}}
Works
- {{cite book|last=Sixsmith|first=Eric Keir Gilborne|title= British Generalship in the Twentieth Century|publisher=Arms & Armour Press|year= 1970}}
- {{cite book|last=Sixsmith|first=Major General E. K. G.|author-link=Eric Sixsmith|title=Eisenhower as Military Commander|publisher=B. C. T. Batsford Limited|year=1973|isbn=978-0713412123}}
- {{cite book|last=Sixsmith|first=Eric Keir Gilborne|title=Douglas Haig|publisher=Weidenfeld and Nicolson|year= 1976}}
References
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External links
- [https://generals.dk/general/Sixsmith/Eric_Keir_Gilborne/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]
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Category:British Army major generals
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:British Army brigadiers of World War II
Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Category:War Office personnel in World War II