Bernard Penfold

Major-General Robert Bernard Penfold CB LVO (19 December 1916 – 22 April 2015) was a British Army officer who commanded South East District.[1]

Bernard Penfold
Birth nameRobert Bernard Penfold
Born(1916-12-19)19 December 1916
Died22 April 2015(2015-04-22) (aged 98)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1936-1972
RankMajor-General
Commands held6th Bn King's African Rifles
127th Infantry Brigade
South East District
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order

Military career

Penfold was commissioned into the Leicestershire Regiment in 1936 and then transferred to the Indian Army.[2] He served in World War II as an officer in Iraqforce and after the War transferred to the Royal Artillery.[2] He became commanding Officer of 6th Battalion King's African Rifles in Tanganyika in 1959.[2] He was appointed Commander of 127th Infantry Brigade in 1962, Security Operations Advisor to the High Commissioner in Aden during the Aden Emergency in 1964 and Chief of Defence Staff, Kenya Defence Forces in 1966.[2] He went on to be General Officer Commanding South East District in 1969 before he retired in 1972.[2] He was appointed CB in 1969[3] and died in 2015.[4]

After he retired from the Army, he became the first general manager of the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club from 1972 to 1979.[5] Penfold Park in the centre of the Sha Tin Racecourse, which was constructed during his term of office as general manager, is named in his honour.[6]

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gollark: Cancer mostly because of increased lifespan.
gollark: It's probably better than it was 100 years ago basically everywhere, bar a few conflict zones and stuff.
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References
  1. "Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes". google.ca. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  2. "King's Collections : Archive Catalogues : Military Archives". kcl.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  3. "No. 44863". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 1969. p. 5963.
  4. "Major-General Robert Bernard Penfold CB LVO". The Telegraph. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  5. "PENFOLD, Maj.-Gen. Robert Bernard", Who's Who 2013. London: A. & C. Black, 2012, p.1792.
  6. "Ribbon-cutting Ceremony, Arch Gate, Penfold Park, 1980". HK Memory. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
Military offices
Preceded by
Charles Stainforth		 GOC South East District
1969–1972		 Succeeded by
Sir Allan Taylor
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