Harry Dimoline
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{{Infobox military person
|name= Harry Dimoline
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|birth_date= {{birth date|1903|09|06|df=yes}}England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007
|birth_place= Wallasey, Cheshire, England1911 England Census
|death_date= {{death date and age|1972|11|15|1903|09|06|df=yes}}
|death_place= Mere, Wiltshire, England
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= Territorial Army
|serviceyears= 1921–1951
|rank= Brigadier
|servicenumber= 22420
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|commands= Royal Artillery, 17th Indian Infantry Division (1944–45)
Royal Artillery, 47th (London) Infantry Division (1944)
Royal Artillery, 4th Indian Infantry Division (1942–44)
68th (4th West Lancashire) Medium Regiment (1939–42)
|battles= Second World War
|awards= Commander of the Order of the British Empire{{London Gazette|issue=36261|page=5171|date=23 November 1943}}
Distinguished Service Order{{London Gazette|issue=35697|page=3948|date=8 September 1942}}
Territorial Decoration
Colonial Police Medal{{London Gazette|issue=39421|supp=y|page=35|date=28 December 1951}}
Mentioned in Despatches (3){{London Gazette|issue=35396|pages=7339–7342|date=26 December 1941}}{{London Gazette|issue=36886|supp=y|pages=315–316|date=9 January 1945}}{{London Gazette|issue=37558|supp=y|pages=2208–2209|date=7 May 1946}}
|relations= Major General William Dimoline (brother)
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Brigadier Harry Kenneth Dimoline, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|CBE|DSO|TD|CPM}} (6 September 1903 – 15 November 1972) was an officer in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War and a police officer in Malaya during the Malayan Emergency.{{London Gazette|issue=45846|page=14701|date=8 December 1972}}
Second World War
A part-time officer in the 59th (4th West Lancashire) Medium Brigade, Royal Artillery of the Territorial Army (TA) during the 1920s and 1930s, Dimoline had risen to be second-in-command of the regiment by 1939. He was then charged with raising and commanding a duplicate regiment as the TA rapidly expanded just before the outbreak of the Second World War. He commanded the 68th (4th West Lancashire) Medium Regiment at the Battle of Keren in East Africa and then in the Western Desert. In March 1942 he was promoted to
Commander, Royal Artillery (CRA) in 4th Indian Infantry Division,Anon, History of the 359 (4th West Lancs) Medium Regiment, pp. 151–66. serving with it in North Africa, Tunisia and Italy; he was also acting commander of the 4th Indian Division during the Second Battle of Monte Cassino. He then served as CRA with 47th (London) Infantry Division in the United Kingdom before taking up the same role with 17th Indian Infantry Division in Burma.
Post-war
Dimoline served as Honorary superintendent Auxiliary Police, Federation of Malaya, during the Malayan Emergency.
Career summary
- Commissioned into 59th (4th West Lancashire) Medium Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery, Territorial Army as second lieutenant (19 October 1921){{London Gazette|issue=32662|supp=y|page=2796|date=4 April 1922}}
- Promoted lieutenant (19 October 1923){{London Gazette|issue=32881|page=7949|date=20 November 1923}}
- Promoted captain (1 July 1926), initially a provisional rank,{{London Gazette|issue=33181|page=4543|date=9 July 1926}} later confirmed{{London Gazette|issue=33203|page=6099|date=21 September 1926}}
- Promoted major (29 May 1931){{London Gazette|issue=33727|page=3394|date=19 June 1931}}
- Promoted lieutenant colonel commanding 68th (4th West Lancashire) Medium Regiment, RA (5 May 1939){{London Gazette|issue=34622|supp=y|page=3001|date=5 May 1939}}
- Commander Royal Artillery 4th Indian Division, North Africa – Italy (1942–1944)
- Acting major general (6 February 1944 – 9 March 1944){{London Gazette|issue=36908|supp=y|page=565|date=23 January 1945}}
- Acting General Officer Commanding 4th Indian Division, Italy (1944)
- Commander Royal Artillery 47th (London) Infantry Division (1944)
- Commander Royal Artillery 17th Indian Infantry Division, Burma (1944–1945)
- Substantive colonel (11 April 1945){{London Gazette|issue=37459|supp=y|page=854|date=5 February 1946}}
- Supernumerary colonel and honorary brigadier (20 December 1945){{London Gazette|issue=38405|supp=y|page=5044|date=14 September 1948}}
- Transfer to Territorial Army Reserve of Officers (13 February 1951){{London Gazette|issue=39146|supp=y|page=781|date=9 February 1951}}
- Retired (6 September 1961){{London Gazette|issue=42456|supp=y|page=6541|date=5 September 1961}}
Personal
Dimoline's elder brother was Major General William Dimoline.
Footnotes
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References
- Anon, History of the 359 (4th West Lancs.) Medium Regiment R.A. (T.A.) 1859–1959, Liverpool: 359 Medium Regiment, 1959.
- {{cite book | author=Anon| title=One More River: The Story of The Eighth Indian Division| publisher=H.W. Smith, Times of India Press| year=1946 |location=Bombay }}
- {{cite book | author=Anon | title=The Tiger Triumphs: The Story of Three Great Divisions in Italy| publisher=HMSO | year=1946 }}
- {{cite book | first=Compton|last=MacKenzie |author-link=Compton Mackenzie| title=Eastern Epic| publisher=Chatto & Windus, London | year=1951 | pages=623 pages}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/PersonData.aspx?PerX=208 |title=Orders of Battle.com |access-date=2007-09-02 }}
- [https://generals.dk/general/Dimoline/Harry_Kenneth/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]
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Category:Military personnel from Merseyside
Category:British Army brigadiers of World War II
Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:British people of the Malayan Emergency