Charles Harvey (Indian Army officer)

British Indian Army general (1888–1969)

Major-General Sir Charles Offley Harvey, CB, CVO, CBE, MC (16 July 1888 – 11 October 1969) was an officer in the British Indian Army during World War I and World War II.^[1]

He was appointed CVO in 1922 for performing the duties of Assistant Military Secretary to the Prince of Wales (future Edward VIII) during His Royal Highness's Indian Tour in 1921-1922.^[2]

In the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia in 1941, he commanded 8th Indian Infantry Division, part of PAI Force (Persian & Iraq Force).

He was knighted in 1946 for his services as Military Adviser in Chief to the Indian State Forces.^[3]

He was assistant managing director of the Guinness Brewery with responsibility for personnel 1946-1961 and the founding chairman of the Irish Management Institute 1952-1956. He is commemorated in the IMI's Sir Charles Harvey Awards, conferred on leading MBA graduates in Irish universities.^[4]

Army career

• Commissioned 1908
• 38th King George's Own Central India Horse 1909
• Commanding Officer Central India Horse (1933–1936)
• General Staff Officer 1 Meerut District, India (1936–1939)
• Commanding Officer Wana Brigade, Waziristan, India (1939–1940)
• General Officer Commanding 8th Indian Infantry Division (1940–1942)
• Military Adviser in Chief Indian States Forces (1943–1946)
• Retired 1946

Business career

He was assistant managing director of the Guinness Brewery with responsibility for personnel from 1946-1961 and the founding chairman of the Irish Management Institute from 1952-1956. He is commemorated in the IMI's Sir Charles Harvey Awards, conferred on leading MBA graduates in Irish universities.^[2]

Bibliography

• Duffy, Martin (2012) The Trade Union Pint: The Unlikely Union of Guinness and the Larkins. Dublin: Liberties Press. ISBN 9781907593468
• Anon (1946). One More River: The Story of The Eighth Indian Division. Bombay: H.W. Smith, Times of India Press.
• MacKenzie, Compton (1951). Eastern Epic. Chatto & Windus, London. pp. 623 pages.
• "Orders of Battle.com". Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2007.
• Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.

References

1. Smart 2005, p. 142−143.
2. "Pindi Lull (fl.1921) - The Prince of Wales arrival at Calcutta: Edward, Prince of Wales. Royal Tour of India, 1921-1922". www.rct.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
3. "No. 37407". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1945. p. 3.
4. Cox, Tom (2002). The Making of Managers: A History of the Irish Management Institute1952-2002. Cork: Oak Tree Press. p. 35. ISBN 9781860762406.

External links

• Generals of World War II
• Indian Army Officers 1939−1945