Edmond Schreiber

Infobox Military Person
name=Sir Edmond Charles Acton Schreiber
lived=30th April 1890 - 8th October 1972
placeofbirth=
placeofdeath=


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nickname=
allegiance=United Kingdom
branch=Royal Artillery, British Army
serviceyears=1909 - 1947
rank=Lieutenant-General-|commands=45th Infantry Division (Apr 1941 - Mar 1942)
First Army (1942)
Western Command (1942-1944)
South ­Eastern Command (1944)
Governor and Commander-­in-­Chief of Malta (1944-1946)
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battles=World War I
World War II
awards=KCB (1944)
CB (1942)
DSO (1914)
MID
laterwork= DL of Devon (1948)
National President, Old Contemptibles Association (1960). KStJ, 1944
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Lieutenant-General Sir Edmund Charles Acton Schreiber, KCB, DSO (30 April 1890 - 8 October 1978) was a British Army officer who served in both the First and Second World Wars. In the second he commanded the 45th Infantry Division, V Corps and First Army.

His father was the late Brigadier General Acton L. Schreiber, CB, CMG, DSO. Edmond Schreiber married Phyllis Barchard in 1916; there were two daughters.

In World War I, Schreiber served on the Western Front, earning the DSO and was mentioned in despatches. He ended the war as a brevet major.

In the 1930s, he served the Staff College, War Office and the Senior Officers' School, Sheerness and commanded Royal Artillery, Southern Command.

He served in the British Expeditionary Force in France 1939-1940. [Alanbrooke (2001), e.g. entries 29 November 1939, 11 December 1939, 22 April 1940.] In 1940, he commanded 45th Infantry Division, V Corps in 1941, First Army in 1942 and South ­Eastern Command in 1944. Between 1944 and 1946, Schreiber was Governor and Commander-in­-Chief of Malta. [Alanbrooke (2001), e.g. entries 21 August 1944, 29 January 1945, 10 February 1945.] He retired in 1947.

He was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Devon in 1948 and National President of the Old Contemptibles Association in 1960.

Schreiber became a Knight of the Venerable Order of Saint John in 1944.

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References

*cite book
last = Alanbrooke
first = Field Marshal Lord (edited by Alex Danchev and Daniel Todman)
authorlink = Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke
title = War Diaries 1939-1945
publisher = Phoenix Press
series =
year = 2001
isbn = 1-84212-526-5