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During the inter-war years he served in operations in Iraq 1919-1920 and after a period at Staff College he became an instructor both at Sandhurst and at the South African Military College.
- 1944-1969
- WO 285
- The National Archives, Kew
Miles Dempsey was born in New Brighton, Cheshire, England in the United Kingdom. His lineage traced back to the aristocratic O'Dempsey family of Clanmalier. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
- 15 Dec 1896
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- 5 Jun 1969
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Apr 21, 2015 · Miles Dempsey was born in New Brighton, Cheshire in December 1896. He graduated from the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst in 1915 and went straight into World War One fighting with the Royal Berkshire Regiment. Dempsey served on the Western Front and was awarded the Military Cross for bravery.
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Miles Christopher Dempsey was born in New Brighton, Wallasey, Cheshire, on 15 December 1896, the third and youngest son of Arthur Francis, a marine insurance broker, and his wife Margaret Maud De La Fosse, the daughter of Major-General Henry De La Fosse. Dempsey was the descendant of a clan in County Offaly and County Laois in Ireland. His ancestor...
After the war ended the 1st Royal Berkshires served in the Allied occupation of the Rhineland. On 16 February 1919 Dempsey returned to the UK on leave. During the summer he played two first-cl* cricket matches for Sussex against Oxford University and Northamptonshire. The 1st Battalion was re-formed at Chiseldon Camp in Wiltshire in June and Dempse...
Belgium and France
Soon after the start of the Second World War in September 1939, Dempsey, with his battalion, was sent to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). In November Dempsey was promoted to the acting rank of brigadier, and *umed command of the 13th Infantry Brigade in place of Brigadier Henry Willcox, who had been one of Dempsey's instructors at the Staff College in the 1930s, and had been promoted. Aged just 42, Dempsey was one of the youngest brigadiers in the British Army. The bri...
Sicily and Italy
On 12 December 1942 Dempsey was promoted to lieutenant-general and *umed command of XIII Corps, part of the Eighth Army in North Africa, at the request of Montgomery, the Eighth Army commander. Dempsey replaced Horrocks, who took over X Corps. In his memoirs, Montgomery wrote that Dempsey had been a student of his when he was an instructor at the Staff College, but his memory was faulty; Montgomery left the Staff College in 1929, and Dempsey did not arrive until 1930. Unlike a division, which...
North Western Europe
In Sicily and Italy, Dempsey gained a reputation for his expertise in combined operations. Montgomery, left Italy at the end of 1943 to take command of the 21st Army Group for the forthcoming D-Day landings,and he nominated Dempsey to command the Second Army, the main British force involved. Dempsey was not Montgomery's first choice for the *ignment; he had recommended that Leese take over the Second Army and Dempsey be given the First Canadian Army. There was no chance that the Canadian gove...
On 19 April 1946, Dempsey was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Middle East. Initially, his main concern was the Greek Civil War. This abated after the end of 1946, allowing British troops to be withdrawn and the commitment handed over to the Americans. The other major concern was the Palestine Emergency. The British Army became involved in a full-scal...
During a visit to his nephew Michael in Kenya, Dempsey felt a pain in his back. When he returned to England it was diagnosed as cancer. He died at his home in Yattendon soon afterwards, on 5 June 1969. "Bimbo died", author and historian Peter Caddick-Adams wrote, "the way he had lived his life, in relative obscurity." He was buried in the churchyar...
Although modest and un*uming, Dempsey was considered to be a highly competent officer. He *erted effective control over the Second Army without taking the limelight. He was described thus by military historian Carlo D'Este: A career infantryman, Dempsey was an ardent student of military history and during the interwar period had frequently visited ...
Brooke, Alan (2003). Danchev, Alex; Todman, Daniel (eds.). War Diaries 1939–1945. Phoenix Press. ISBN:1-84212-526-5. OCLC:878566014.Buckley, John (2004). British Armour in the Normandy Campaign. London: Frank C*. ISBN:978-0-7146-5323-5. OCLC:54096722.Buckley, John (2013). Monty's Men: The British Army and the Liberation of Europe. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. ISBN:978-0-300-13449-0. OCLC:840803701.Caddick-Adams, Peter (October 2005). "General Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey (1896-1969): 'Not a Popular Leader'". RUSI Journal. 150(5): 66–72. doi:10.1080/03071840509431887. ISSN:0307-1847. S2CID:1...British Army Officers 1939–1945Generals of World War IIAug 19, 2010 · Miles Dempsey, Commander of the British Second Army in the invasion of Europe 1944-45, is almost unknown to the general public. Yet his part in Britains contribution to that campaign was second...
Born 1896; educated at Shrewsbury and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; served in World War One, 1914-1918; commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regt, 1915; Lt, 1915; served on Western Front, 1916-1918; acting Capt, 1916-1918; Adjutant, 1 Bn, Royal Berkshire Regt, 1917-1918; awarded MC, 1918; acting Capt, 1918-1921; service in Iraq, 1919 ...
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General Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey, (15 December 1896 – 5 June 1969) was a senior British Army officer who served in both world wars. During the Second World War he commanded the Second Army in northwest Europe.
