Ridley Pakenham-Walsh
Ridley Pakenham-Walsh | |
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Born | 1888 |
Died | 1966 (aged 77-78) |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1908–1946 |
Rank | Major-General |
Unit | Royal Engineers |
Commands | Salisbury Plain District IX Corps Northern Ireland District |
Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Military Cross |
Major-General Ridley Pakenham Pakenham-Walsh CB MC (1888–1966) was a senior British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding (GOC) Northern Ireland District.
Military career
Pakenham-Walsh was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1908.[1] He became an instructor at the Royal Military College, Duntroon in Australia in 1914.[1]
He served in World War I in the Dardanelles and in France and Belgium.[1] After the War he became British Representative at the International Commission in Teschen in Poland before becoming an instructor in Tactics at the Royal School of Military Engineering in 1923.[1] He was appointed a General Staff Officer and then Assistant Adjutant General at the War Office before becoming a Brigadier on the General Staff of Eastern Command in 1935.[1] In 1939 he returned to the Royal School of Military Engineering as Commandant.[1]
He served in World War II as Engineer-in-Chief for the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium before becoming General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District in 1940.[1] He was appointed Commander of IX Corps in 1941 and Commander of Salisbury Plain District in 1942.[1] His last appointment was as Controller General for Army Provision (Eastern Group) in 1943.[1] He retired in 1946.[1]
His name appears on a War Memorial in Rathmichael Church in Shankill in County Dublin.[2]
References
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- 1888 births
- 1966 deaths
- British Army generals of World War II
- Royal Engineers officers
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
- People educated at Cheltenham College
- Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley
- Alumni of the Royal College of Defence Studies