Charles Broad

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Sir Charles Broad
Born	29 December 1882
Died	1976 (aged 93 or 94)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1901 - 1942
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Second Boer War World War I World War II
Commands held	1st Brigade of the Royal Tank Corps Aldershot Command Eastern Army in India
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order

Lieutenant General Sir Charles Noel Frank Broad KCB DSO (29 December 1882 – 1976) was a British Army General during World War II.

Military career

The son of Major C. H. Broad, Northumberland Fusiliers, Broad was educated at Wellington College and Pembroke College, Cambridge University. He served in South Africa 1901-02 as an officer of the 3rd (Milita) battalion York & Lancaster regiment.

Broad was commissioned in 1904 into the Cambridge University Volunteers, then into the Royal Field Artillery in May 1905 and went to the Staff College, Camberley in 1914.

He also served in World War I in France and Belgium, mostly on the staff.

He transferred to the Royal Tank Corps in 1923 and became Commander of the 1st Brigade of the Royal Tank Corps in 1931 before being appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Aldershot Command in 1939. He became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for the Eastern Army in India in 1940: in that capacity he welcomed the 7th Armoured Brigade back from Burma: he retired in 1942.

He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Tank Regiment from 1939 to 1949.

References

Military offices
Preceded by Sir John Dill	GOC-in-C Aldershot Command 1939 – 1940	Succeeded by Michael Barker
Preceded by Sir Douglas Baird	GOC-in-C, Eastern Army, India 1940–1942	Succeeded by Noel Irwin