Geoffrey Charles Evans


Geoffrey Evans
Nickname(s)"Geoff"[1]
Born(1901-01-13)13 January 1901
Died27 January 1987(1987-01-27) (aged 86)
Chelsea, London, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1920–1957
RankLieutenant General
Service number12895
UnitRoyal Warwickshire Regiment
Commands1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
9th Indian Infantry Brigade
123rd Indian Infantry Brigade
5th Indian Infantry Division
7th Indian Infantry Division
Allied Land Forces, Siam
42nd (Lancashire) Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
Btitish Forces in Hong Kong
Northern Command
Battles / warsSecond World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order & Two Bars
Mentioned in dispatches (5)
Other workDeputy Lieutenant of Greater London[2]
Honorary Colonel 7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment[3]

Lieutenant General Sir Geoffrey Charles Evans KBE, CB, DSO & Two Bars, DL (13 January 1901 – 27 January 1987) was a senior British Army officer during World War II and the post-war era. He was highly regarded as both a staff and field officer and had the distinction of being awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) on three separate occasions.[1]

  1. ^ a b Mead 2007, p. 135.
  2. ^ "No. 45233". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 November 1970. p. 7.
  3. ^ "No. 41807". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 September 1959. p. 5573.