Lieutenant-General Dempsey

Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey GBE KCB DSO MC (15th December 1896 - 5th June 1969) was commander of the British Second Army during the D-Day landings in World War II. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 457 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (480 × 630 pixel, file size: 92 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Description: Portrait of British General Dempsey Source: ibiblio. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 457 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (480 × 630 pixel, file size: 92 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Description: Portrait of British General Dempsey Source: ibiblio. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire (Military division) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority... Badge of a Companion of the Order of the Bath (Military Division) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath)[1] is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. ... DSO medal The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other Commonwealth countries, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat. ... The Military Cross (MC) is the third level military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Army and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries. ... (Redirected from 15th December) December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ... June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... The British Second Army was extant in both World Wars. ... Land on Normandy In military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

After graduating from Sandhurst Military Academy in 1915 Dempsey joined the Royal Berkshire Regiment. He served on the Western Front in France during the First World War where he was awarded the Military Cross for bravery. The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (commonly known as Sandhurst) is the British Army officer training centre. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Waless) was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 49th (Princess Charlotte of Waless) (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot and the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot. ... Western Front was a term used during the First and Second World Wars to describe the contested armed frontier between lands controlled by Germany to the East and the Allies to the West. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... The Military Cross (MC) is the third level military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Army and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries. ...

Remaining in the army, at the start of World War II he had reached the rank of lieutenant colonel and was commander of the 13th Infantry Brigade where during Dunkirk he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. In December 1942 he was promoted to lieutenant general where he helped plan the invasion of Sicily and lead the assault on Sicily in 1943. Dempsey later led the invasion of Italy across the Strait of Messina, in which his troops advanced more than 300 miles to the north before linking up with US troops at Salerno. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... In the U.S. Army, Air Force and Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a commissioned officer superior to a major and inferior to a colonel. ... The 13th Infantry Brigade was a regular British Army formation during the Second World War. ... This article is about a Second World War battle in 1940, for the 1658 battle of the same name see Battle of the Dunes (1658) Combatants United Kingdom France Belgium Germany Commanders Lord Gort General Weygand Gerd von Rundstedt (Army Group A) Ewald von Kleist (Panzergruppe von Kleist) Strength approx. ... DSO medal The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other Commonwealth countries, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Satellite photo of the Strait of Messina, taken June 2002. ... Salerno is a town and a province capital in Campania, south-western Italy, located on the gulf of the same name on the Tyrrhenian Sea. ...

In January 1944 he was given command of the British Second Army which was the main British force (although it also included many Canadian and Polish soldiers) involved in the D-Day landings and subsequent drive into France and the Low Countries liberating Brussels and Antwerp in September 1944. He also led the British Second Army into Germany capturing Bremen, Hamburg and Kiel. Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The British Second Army was extant in both World Wars. ... Land on Normandy In military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. ... The Low Countries, the historical region of de Nederlanden, are the countries (see Country) on low-lying land around the delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse (Maas) rivers. ... Nickname: The Capital Of Europe, Comic City City of a 100 Museums[] Map showing the location of Brussels in Belgium Coordinates: Country Belgium Region Brussels-Capital Region Founded 979 Founded (Region) June 18, 1989  - Mayor (Municipality) Freddy Thielemans Area    - City 162 (Region) km²  (62. ... For other uses, see Antwerp (disambiguation). ... The British Second Army was extant in both World Wars. ... This article is about the city in Germany. ... Hamburg from above Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ... Kiel ( ) is a city in northern Germany and the capital of the Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein. ...

In 1946 he was appointed Commander in Chief of the Middle East. 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... A Commander-in-Chief is the commander of a nations military forces or significant element of those forces. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ...

Dempsey retired from the British Army in July 1947. He died in Yattendon, Berkshire in 1969 at the age of 72. Miles Dempsey is a direct descendant of the O'Dempseys of Clanmalier, an aristocratic Gaelic nobility who can trace their line back to the High King of Ireland in the 2nd century A.D. His ancestor fled Ireland following the late 17th. c. confiscations there. Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Yattendon is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. ... Berks redirects here. ...