8018 Brigadier Howard GREENE, CBE, DSO, MC, MiD**, Royal Artillery

Personal Number: 8018
Rank: Brigadier
Name: H GREENE, CBE, DSO, MC, MiD**
Unit: Royal Artillery


London Gazette : 21 January 1913
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The undermentioned gentlemen Cadets
from the Royal Military !Academy and Royal Military College to be Second Lieutenants:
Dated 22nd January, 1913 : —
ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.
Royal Garrison Artillery.
Dated 20th December, 1912: —
Howard Greene.

London Gazette : 5 August 1943
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The-KING has been graciously pleased to approve that the following be Mentioned in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Persia-Iraq: —
Commands and Staff.
Brig. (temp.) H. Greene, M.C. (8018), late R.A.

London Gazette : 23 March 1944
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The KING has been graciously pleased to approve that the following be Mentioned in recognition ol gallant and distinguished services in Sicily: —
Commands and Staff.
Brig, (temp.) H.. Greene, M.C. (8018), late R.A.

London Gazette : 24 August 1944
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The KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, in recognition of gallant services in Italy:—
To be Additional Commanders of the Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order: —
Brigadier (temporary) Howard Greene, M.C. (8018), late Royal Regiment of Artillery.

London Gazette : 19 July 1945
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The KING has been graciously pleased to approve that the following be Mentioned in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy: —
Commands and Staff.
Brig, (temp.) H. GREENE, C.B.E., M.C. (8018), late R.A.

London Gazette : 13 December 1945
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The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy:—
The Distinguished Service Order.
Brigadier (temporary) Howard GREENE, C.B.E., M.C. (8018), late Royal Regiment of Artillery.

London Gazette : 16 August 1946
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REGULAR ARMY.
Col. H. GREENE, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C. (8018) retires on ret. pay, 17th Aug. 1946, and is granted the hon. rank of Brig.

 

London Gazette : 5 August 1943
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London Gazette : 23 March 1944
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Recommendation for Award for Greene, Howard Rank: Colonel Regiment: Royal... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 373/71/513
Name Greene, Howard
Rank: Colonel
Regiment: Royal Regiment of Artillery
Theatre of Combat or Operation: Italy
Award: Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Date of announcement in London Gazette: 24 August 1944

 

London Gazette : 19 July 1945 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37184/supplement/3719/data.pdf

 

Recommendation for Award for Greene, Howard Rank: Colonel, Temporary Brigadier ... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 373/14/314
Name Greene, Howard
Rank: Colonel, Temporary Brigadier
Service No: 8018
Regiment: Head Quarters 13 Corps Royal Artillery
Theatre of Combat or Operation: Italy
Award: Distinguished Service Order
Date of announcement in London Gazette: 13 December 1945

 

See also:

• Medal card of Greene, Howard Corps: Royal Garrison Artillery Rank: Captain | The National Archives
  
• Biography of Brigadier Howard Greene (1893 – 1985), Great Britain
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• Howard Greene CBE DSO MC RA
  
• Howard (1893-1985) ... was educated at Bedford School and then joined the Royal Artillery in 1911. In the First World War he won the Military Cross in 1917 for his “conspicuous gallantry” in Mesopotamia. He married Phyllis Compton (1896-1946) in 1925 in Cairo and had a son (Bill) and a daughter (Betty).
  In the Second World War he was mentioned in dispatches for his bravery in Iraq in 1943 and Sicily in 1944. In August 1944 he was awarded the CBE for his fire plan for the difficult and complex invasion of Italy by 13 Corps in September 1943. He earned the DSO in December 1945 for “most devoted and gallant service” during the Italian Campaign of 1944-45, in particular at Montecassino, the forcing of the Gothic Line in September 1944 and in the final offensive of April 1945. By this time a Brigadier, he was responsible for the preparation and execution of the Corps artillery fire plan. Post-war he mainly served at Larkhill, teaching gunnery strategy and tactics. After Phyl died he married Frances Mawson in 1950 and later retired to Warminster in Wiltshire.