Charles Norman

Charles Wake Norman
Born	1891
Died	1974 (aged 82 or 83)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1910–1946
Rank	Major-General
Unit	Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry
Commands held	1st Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade 27th Armoured Brigade 8th Armoured Division 10th Armoured Division Aldershot District
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General Charles Wake Norman CBE (1891–1974) was a senior British Army officer who served in World War I and World War II and became General Officer Commanding Aldershot District.

Military career

Educated at Eton College, Norman was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry in 1910 and fought in World War I.^[1]

He served in World War II initially as Inspector of the Royal Armoured Corps.^[2] In 1940 he was made Commander of the 1st Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade during the Battle of France and then Commander of 27th Armoured Brigade.^[2]

He was appointed General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8th Armoured Division in 1941 and GOC 10th Armoured Division in the Middle East in 1942.^[2] He went on to be GOC Aldershot District in 1944^[3] before becoming Major-General in charge of Armoured Fighting Vehicles at Middle East Command in 1945.^[2] He retired in 1946.^[2]

He lived at Bromley Common until 1946^[4] and was appointed High Sheriff of Kent in 1947.^[5]

He was the President of Kent County Cricket Club in 1956.^[6]

References

1. The London Gazette: no. 28435. p. 7982. 8 November 1910. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
2. Generals.dk
3. British Military History Archived 11 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
4. The Normans
5. The London Gazette: no. 38126. p. 5439. 18 November 1947. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
6. The Kent County Cricket Club Annual 1956 - Member's Copy