{{Short description|British Army general}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = Major-General | name = Charles Stainforth | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB|OBE}} | image = | caption = | birth_date = 12 December 1914 | death_date = 22 March 2001 (aged 86) | burial_label = | burial_place = | birth_place = | death_place = | burial_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} --> | nickname = | allegiance = {{UK}} | branch = 23px British Army | service_years = | service_number = 378004 | rank = Major-General | unit = | commands = Aldershot District<br>South East District | battles = World War II<br>Korean War | awards = Companion of the Order of the Bath<br>Officer of the Order of the British Empire | relations = | other_work = }} Major-General '''Charles Herbert Stainforth''' CB OBE (12 December 1914 – 22 March 2001) was General Officer Commanding Aldershot District.
==Military career== Stainforth was commissioned into the Indian Army in 1936<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34262|page=1471|date=6 March 1936}}</ref> and fought in World War II: he transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps in 1948.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38245|page=2066|date=25 March 1948|supp=y}}</ref>
He also fought in Korea being appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services there in 1955.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=40502|page=3309|date=3 June 1955|supp=y}}</ref> In 1965, as a Brigadier, he was appointed Chief of Staff at Southern Command.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=43638|page=4205|date=27 April 1965|supp=y}}</ref>
He became General Officer Commanding Aldershot District in 1966<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=44043|page=7557|date=4 July 1966|supp=y}}</ref> and General Officer Commanding South East District in 1967.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|accessdate=7 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/today-major-general-charles-stainforth-general-officer-news-photo/593131396|title=Military: Army: The Army in Aldershot has built the longest synthetic ski-slope in London|date=1 October 1969|publisher=Getty Images|accessdate=8 June 2020}}</ref> In 1969 he was invited to become Chairman of the Committee reviewing the UK Army Command Structure.<ref name=jean>[http://www.jeanpaulleblanc.com/Britain2.htm Medals – Obituaries & Biographies]</ref> He retired later that year.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=44987|page=12551|date=12 December 1969}}</ref>
He lived at Farnham in Surrey<ref>[http://www.thepeerage.com/p12067.htm The Peerage.com]</ref> and died in 2001 aged 86.<ref name=jean/>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=Patrick Man}} {{s-ttl|title=GOC Aldershot District|years=1966–1967}} {{s-aft|after=Command disbanded}} |- {{s-new}} {{s-ttl|title=GOC South East District|years=1967–1969}} {{s-aft|after=Bernard Penfold}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stainforth, Charles}} Category:1914 births Category:2001 deaths Category:British Army major generals Category:British Army personnel of the Korean War Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire Category:Royal Army Service Corps officers Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II