Arthur Green (British Army officer)

Arthur Frank Umfreville Green

Green (left) with General Haking in 1918 at Spa.
Born 1878
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  British Army
Rank Brigadier General
Commands held 4th Battalion, Sussex Home Guard
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Distinguished Service Order

Brigadier General Arthur Frank Umfreville Green CMG, DSO,[1] was a senior British Army officer in World War I and author of several publications.

Military career

Green was deployed in Flanders and in Italy. He served as a quartermaster general with the XI Corps and was part of the Inter-Allied Commission at the Spa Conference in 1918. From 1920 to 1924 he was commanded to Malta.[2] In World War II he commanded the 4th battalion of the Sussex Home Guard.

Works

  • Landscape sketching for military purposes, London, Hugh Rees, 1908.[3]
  • Evening Tattoo, 1940.[3]
  • The British Home Guard Pocket-Book, 1940.[3]
  • Questions Answered about Rifle Shooting, 1945.[3]

References

  1. ↑ haileybury.com
  2. ↑ Stanley Paul: "Evening Tattoo. By Brigadier-General A. F. U. Green." The Spectator
  3. 1 2 3 4 John McKendrick Hughes: The Unwanted: Great War Letters from the Field, 2005, University of Alberta Press, ISBN 978-0888644367, p.366
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