Frank Caldwell (British Army officer)

Frank Caldwell
Frank Caldwell
Born	26 February 1921
Died	22 November 2014 (aged 93)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1940–1974
Rank	Major-General
Service number	125197
Battles / wars	Second World War; Malayan Emergency
Awards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire; Military Cross & Bar

Major-General Frank Griffiths Caldwell, OBE, MC and bar (26 February 1921 – 22 November 2014) was a British Army officer who became Assistant Chief of the General Staff.

Military career

Educated at Elizabeth College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,^[1] Caldwell was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1940 during the Second World War.^[2] He served in the Middle East, where he was awarded the Military Cross in May 1941^[3] and a bar to it in December 1941,^[4] and in North West Europe.^[5] He also served in Malaya during the Malayan Emergency in the rank of major.^[6] He was appointed Director of Defence Operational Plans at the Ministry of Defence in 1970^[7] and Assistant Chief of the General Staff (Operational Requirements) in 1972 before retiring in 1974.^[8] He died on 22 November 2014 in Guernsey.^[9]

He married Betty Palmer Buesden; they have a daughter and a son.^[10]

^ "Major General "Griff" Caldwell - obituary". The Telegraph. London. 21 December 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
^ "No. 34813". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 March 1940. p. 1614.
^ "No. 35157". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 May 1941. p. 2646.
^ "No. 35396". The London Gazette. 26 December 1941. p. 7334.
^ "No. 36917". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 January 1945. p. 672.
^ "No. 40000". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 October 1953. p. 5771.
^ Ministry of Defence Senior Posts Archived 17 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine
^ Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
^ CALDWELL
^ Descendants of Stanley Howard

Military offices
Preceded by Ian Gill	Assistant Chief of the General Staff 1972–1974	Succeeded by Hugh Cunningham