Bidspirit auction | Redesignation The Junior Infantrymen's Battalion

Redesignation The Junior Infantrymen's Battalion to The Infantry Junior Leaders Battalion Shorncliffe Camp 31 Jul 1974 signed Maj Gen D G House CBE MC Director of Infantry British Army FDC. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps on 23 August 1941. He served in the Italian Campaign and ended the war as a war substantive captain. On 19 April 1947, House transferred from an emergency to a regular commission and was promoted to lieutenant. He was promoted to captain on 8 August 1949. In 1959, he was appointed, as a major, to the staff of the first Chief of the Defence Staff, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Dickson (RAF officer). House commanded the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) at Penang from January 1964 to December 1964, and in West Berlin to September 1965. He served in Borneo during the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation. He was promoted to colonel on 3 November 1965, with seniority from 1 July 1964. From 1965 to 1967, he commanded 51st Gurkha Brigade in Borneo, during the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation. He was promoted to brigadier on 31 December 1966. From 1967 to 1969, he was chief of BRIXMIS. From April 1969 to January 1971, he was Deputy Military Secretary. He was promoted to major general on 9 June 1971, with seniority from 1 November 1970. From 1971 to 1973 Deputy Chief of Staff of the British Army of the Rhine. He left the post of Chief of Staff on 13 August 1973. Single Vendor collection. Good condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99.