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Arthur Green (British Army officer)

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Arthur Frank Umfreville Green
Green (left) with General Haking in 1918 at Spa.
Born1878
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankBrigadier-General
Commands held4th Battalion, Sussex Home Guard
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsDistinguished Service Order

Brigadier-General Arthur Frank Umfreville Green CMG DSO[1] was a senior British Army officer in World War I and author of several publications.

Military career

Green was deployed in Flanders and in Italy. He served as a quartermaster general with the XI Corps and was part of the Inter-Allied Commission at the Spa Conference of 1920.[2] From 1920 to 1924 he was commanded to Malta.[2] In World War II he commanded the 4th battalion of the Sussex Home Guard.

Works

  • As Down Of Thistle (1904) under the Pen name Arthur Wenlock.[3]
  • The Countermine (1905) under the Pen name Arthur Wenlock.[3]
  • Landscape sketching for military purposes, London, Hugh Rees, 1908.[4]
  • Evening Tattoo, 1940.[4]
  • The British Home Guard Pocket-Book, 1940.[4]
  • Questions Answered about Rifle Shooting, 1945.[4]

References

  1. ^ "haileybury.com". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  2. ^ a b Stanley Paul: "Evening Tattoo. By Brigadier-General A. F. U. Green." The Spectator
  3. ^ a b "The British Home Guard Pocketbook", 1940
  4. ^ a b c d John McKendrick Hughes: The Unwanted: Great War Letters from the Field, 2005, University of Alberta Press, ISBN 978-0888644367, p.366