Edmund Osborne

Lieutenant-General Edmund Archibald Osborne CB DSO (1885–1969) was a British Army officer who commanded II Corps during the Second World War.

Edmund Osborne
Nickname(s)	"Sigs"
Born	1885
Died	1969 (aged 83–84)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1904–1941
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Unit	Royal Engineers Royal Corps of Signals
Commands held	157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade Cairo Brigade 44th (Home Counties) Division II Corps
Battles/wars	First World War I Second World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order

Military career

Osborne entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Royal Engineers, British Army, in 1904.[1] He served in the First World War and then attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1921–1922 and later became Commander of the School of Signals in 1926.[1]

He went on to be a General Staff Officer (GSO) with the 3rd Infantry Division in 1930. Osborne subsequently became Commander of 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade in 1933 and Commander of the Cairo Brigade in Egypt in 1934.[1]

He served in the Second World War, initially as General Officer Commanding (GOC) 44th (Home Counties) Division from April 1938 and then as GOC II Corps from 1940[2] until he retired from the British Army in 1941.[1]

References

1. "Osborne, Edmund". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
2. Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine