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Edward Burke-Gaffney

Edward Burke-Gaffney

British Army general

Major-General Edward Sebastian Burke-Gaffney (1900–1981) was a British Army officer who commanded Aldershot District.

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Military career

Burke-Gaffney was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1920.[1] In 1933 he became the Officer Commanding the Gentleman Cadets at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.[2] He served in World War II as a staff officer responsible for co-ordination and supply at Army Headquarters in India.[3] After the War became a brigadier at Scottish Command.[2] He was appointed General Officer Commanding Aldershot District in 1953 and retired in 1954.[2]

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  1. [1]
    "No. 31988". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 July 1920. p. 7742.
  2. [2]
    Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  3. [3]
    Generals.dk
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