Major-General Robert Burrell Frederick Kinglake Goldsmith

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, CB (21 June 1907 – 7 April 1995) was a senior

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who became colonel of the

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Military career

Goldsmith was commissioned into the

in 1927. He attended the

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in the late 1930s. He served in the

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as general staff officer (operations) for the

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in June 1943 and for the

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in September 1943 before becoming Deputy Chief of Staff of the 1st Allied Airborne Army in 1944. After the War he became commander of the 131 Infantry Brigade in 1950, Chief of Staff at Headquarters British Troops in Egypt in 1951 and Deputy Director of Personal Services in 1954. He went on to be Chief of Staff at Headquarters Western Command in 1956 and General Officer Commanding Catterick Area and Yorkshire District in 1959 before retiring in 1962. He also served as colonel of the

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Generals of World War II
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goldsmith, Robert 1907 births 1995 deaths British Army major generals Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry officers British Army brigadiers of World War II Companions of the Order of the Bath Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Military personnel from Bath, Somerset Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley