Edmund Osborne
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Edmund Osborne
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Born | 1885 |
Died | 1969 |
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Rank | Lieutenant General |
Commands held | 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade Cairo Brigade 44th (Home Counties) Division II Corps |
Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order |
Lieutenant-General Edmund Archibald Osborne CB DSO (1885–1969) was a British Army officer who commanded II Corps during World War II.
Military career
Osborne was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1904.[1] He served in World War I and then became Commander of the School of Signals in 1926.[1] He went on to be a General Staff Officer with 3rd Infantry Division in 1930, Commander of 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade in 1933 and Commander of the Cairo Brigade in Egypt in 1934.[1] He served in World War II initially as General Officer Commanding 44th (Home Counties) Division and then as Commander of II Corps from 1940[2] until he retired in 1941.[1]
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Preceded by | GOC, II Corps 1940–1941 |
Succeeded by Kenneth Anderson |