| Sir Edmond Charles Acton Schreiber | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | "Teddy" |
| Born | April 30, 1890 |
| Died | October 8, 1978 (aged 88) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | Royal Artillery, British Army |
| Years of service | 1909 - 1947 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands held |
61st Infantry Division (1940) 45th Infantry Division (1940-1941) 4th Division (1941) V Corps (1942) First Army (1942) Western Command (1942-1944) South Eastern Command (1944) Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta (1944-1946) |
| Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
| Awards |
KCB (1944) CB (1942) DSO (1914) MID |
| Other work |
DL of Devon (1948) National President, Old Contemptibles Association (1960). KStJ, 1944 |
Lieutenant-General Sir Edmund Charles Acton Schreiber, KCB, DSO (30 April 1890 – 8 October 1978) was a British Army officer who served in both the First and Second World Wars. In the second he commanded the 45th Infantry Division, V Corps and First Army.
Military career[]
Born the son of the late Brigadier General Acton L. Schreiber CB CMG DSO, Edmond Schreiber was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery becoming a Lieutenant in 1912.[1] He served in World War I on the Western Front, earning the DSO, being mentioned in despatches and ending the war as a brevet major. In the 1930s, he served at the Staff College, Camberley, the War Office and the Senior Officers' School, Sheerness and was Brigadier Royal Artillery in Southern Command.[2]
Schreiber served in the British Expeditionary Force in France between 1939 and 1940.[3] He commanded 61st Infantry Division in 1940, 45th Infantry Division later in 1940 and 4th Division in 1941 before being promoted to take command of V Corps later that year.[2] In 1942 he was appointed to command First Army which was to be the parent organisation for Allied forces in Tunisia after Operation Torch; however, he developed a kidney problem and became unfit for active service.[4]
Restricted to non-field roles, he became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Western Command in 1942 and of South Eastern Command in 1944.[2] Between 1944 and 1946, Schreiber was Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta.[5] He retired in 1947.[2]
Schreiber became a Knight of the Venerable Order of Saint John in 1944.
Retirement[]
He was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Devon in 1948 and National President of the Old Contemptibles Association in 1960.
Family[]
Edmond Schreiber married Phyllis Barchard in 1916; there were two daughters.
Notes[]
- ↑ "No. 28674". 24 December 1912. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28674/page/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Generals.dk
- ↑ Alanbrooke (2001), e.g. entries 29 November 1939, 11 December 1939, 22 April 1940.
- ↑ Mead, p. 59.
- ↑ Alanbrooke (2001), e.g. entries 21 August 1944, 29 January 1945, 10 February 1945.
External links[]
References[]
- Alanbrooke, Field Marshal Lord (2001). Danchev, Alex & Todman, Daniel. eds. War Diaries 1939-1945. Phoenix Press. ISBN 1-84212-526-5.
- Mead, Richard (2007). Churchill's Lions: A biographical guide to the key British generals of World War II. Stroud (UK): Spellmount. ISBN 978-1-86227-431-0.
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