Richard Frisby

Major-General Richard George Fellowes Frisby CB, CBE, DSO, MC (1911–1982) was a British Army officer.

Richard Frisby
Born	1911
Died	1982
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	4th Bn the Welch Regiment 1st Bn, the Royal Hampshire Regiment 14th Bn the Parachute Regiment 1st Bn, the Royal Hampshire Regiment Tactical Wing of the School of Infantry Commonwealth Brigade Group 24th Infantry Brigade 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division
Battles/wars	Second World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order Military Cross

Military career

Educated at Haileybury and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,[1] Frisby was commissioned into the Hampshire Regiment on 27 August 1931.[2] He served in Palestine in the late 1930s for which he was awarded the Military Cross.[3]

He served as commanding officer of the 4th Battalion the Welch Regiment in North West Europe from 1944 to 1945 during the Second World War.[1][4]

After the war, he served as commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, the Royal Hampshire Regiment from 1945 to 1946, commanding officer of 14th Battalion the Parachute Regiment from 1949 to 1951 and then commanding officer of the Royal Hampshire Regiment again from 1951 to 1953.[1] He went on to become commander of the Tactical Wing of the School of Infantry in 1953, commander of the Commonwealth Brigade Group in Korea in 1955[1] and commander of 24th Infantry Brigade in January 1957.[5] After that he became brigadier on the general staff at Eastern Command in May 1959, General Officer Commanding the 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division in February 1961 and Chief of Staff at Allied Forces Northern Europe in December 1963 before retiring in December 1965.[5]

He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire in April 1981.[6]

Family

In 1938 he married Elizabeth Mary Murray; they had two sons.[1]

References

1. "Major-General R.G.F Frisby". The Times. 12 February 1982. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
2. "No. 33748". The London Gazette. 28 August 1931. p. 5624.
3. "No. 34758". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 December 1939. p. 8529.
4. "4th Battalion" (PDF). Royal Welsh. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
5. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
6. "No. 48573". The London Gazette. 6 April 1961. p. 4975.

Military offices
Preceded by Lewis Pugh	GOC 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division 1961–1963	Succeeded by Douglas Darling