Brigadier Harry Kenneth Dimoline CBE

Order of the British Empire

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 MBE

Order of the British Empire

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 DSO

Distinguished Service Order

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 TD

Territorial Decoration

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 CPM

Colonial Police Medal

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 (6 September? 1903–15 November 1972) was an artillery officer in the British

British Army

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 and British Indian Armies

British Indian Army

The British Indian Army, officially simply the Indian Army, was the principal army of the British Raj in India before the partition of India in 1947...

 during World War II

World War II

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World War II

Dimoline held appointments during World War II as Brigadier, Commander Royal Artillery, in Indian 4th Infantry Division (in North Africa and Tunisia and also the Italian Campaign

Italian Campaign (World War II)

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), 47th (London) Infantry Division

British 2nd London Division

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 (in the UK) and Indian 17th Infantry Division in Burma

Burma Campaign

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. He was acting commander of the Indian 4th Infantry Division during the second Battle of Monte Cassino

Battle of Monte Cassino

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Post-war

Dimoline served as Honorary Superintendent (police)

Superintendent (police)

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 Auxiliary Police, Federation of Malaya

Federation of Malaya

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, during the Malayan Emergency

Malayan Emergency

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Career summary

• Commissioned into 59th (4th West Lancashire) Medium Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery
  Royal Garrison Artillery
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  , Territorial Army as second lieutenant
  Second Lieutenant
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   (19 October 1921)
• Promoted lieutenant
  First Lieutenant
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   (19 October 1923)
• Promoted captain
  Captain (OF-2)
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   (1 July 1926), initially a provisional rank, later confirmed
• Promoted major (29 May 1931)
• Promoted lieutenant-colonel (5 May 1939)
• Commander Royal Artillery 4th Indian Division, North Africa
  North Africa
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   - Italy
  Italy
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   (1942–1944)
• Acting major-general (6 February 1944–9 March 1944)
• Acting General Officer Commanding 4th Indian Division, Italy (1944)
• Commander Royal Artillery 47th (London) Infantry Division
  British 2nd London Division
  The 2nd London Infantry Division was a 2nd Line Territorial Army division, duplicate of the 1st London Division, during the Second World War .- History :...
  
   (1944)
• Commander Royal Artillery Indian 17th Infantry Division, Burma (1944–1945)
• Substantive colonel (11 April 1945)
• Supernumerary
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  colonel and honorary brigadier (20 December 1945)
• Transfer to Territorial Army Reserve of Officers (13 February 1951)
• Retired (6 September 1961)