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Gerard Bucknall. Lieutenant General Gerard Corfield Bucknall, CB , MC & Bar , DL (14 September 1894 – 7 December 1980) was a senior British Army officer who served in both the First and Second World Wars.
Gerard Corfield Bucknall (Rock Ferry, 14 settembre 1894 – Cheam, 7 dicembre 1980) è stato un generale britannico. Ufficiale della British Army, servì durante la prima e la seconda guerra mondiale. Durante la seconda ebbe il comando della 5th Infantry Division e successivamente del XXX Corps durante la Battaglia di Normandia.
La battaglia di Normandia fu il complesso dei combattimenti seguiti allo sbarco avvenuto il 6 giugno 1944 sulle coste della Normandia, e terminati con la liberazione di Parigi da parte degli Alleati e la ritirata verso la Germania delle truppe tedesche sfuggite dalla sacca di Falaise.
5th Infantry Division - maggior generale Gerard Bucknall. 13th Infantry Brigade - generale di brigata L.M. Campbell 2nd Battalion The Cameronians; 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment; 15th Infantry Brigade - generale di brigata E.O. Martin 1st Battalion Green Howards
Lieutenant General Gerard Corfield Bucknall, CB, MC, DL (1894–1980) was a British Army officer and corps commander during World War II. Educated at West Downs School, Bucknall was commissioned into The Middlesex Regiment in 1914. He served with his Regiment in France, during World War I, with...
In Normandy XXX Corps, now commanded by Lieutenant-General Gerard Bucknall, again included the 50th Division which landed on Gold Beach. It quickly overwhelmed the German defenders of the 716th Infantry Division and had linked up with the I Corps by the end of D-Day .
Gerard „Jerry“ Corfield Bucknall, CB, MC&Bar war ein britischer Offizier der British Army, der unter anderem April und Juli 1943 Kommandierender General des I. Korps, von Januar bis Juli 1944 Kommandierender General des XXX. Korps sowie zwischen 1944 und 1947 Kommandeur des Militärbezirks Nordirland war. Er war zudem von 1952 ...
