{{Short description|British Army general}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox military person |honorific_prefix = Major-General |name= Paul Gleadell |honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB|CBE|DSO}} |image= |image_size= |alt= |caption= |nickname= |birth_date= 1910 |birth_place= |death_date= 1988 |death_place= |burial_place= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= British Army |service_years= |rank= Major-General |service_number= |unit= |commands= 44th (Home Counties) Division (1959–1962)<br/>24th Infantry Brigade (1955–1958)<br/>12th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment (1944–1945) |battles= Second World War<br/>Cyprus Emergency |awards= Companion of the Order of the Bath<br/>Commander of the Order of the British Empire<br/>Distinguished Service Order<br/>Croix de Guerre (France) |relations= |other_work= }} Major-General '''Paul Gleadell''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB|CBE|DSO}} (1910–1988) was a British Army officer.
==Military career== Gleadell was commissioned into the Devonshire Regiment on 28 August 1930.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33639|page=5360|date=29 August 1930}}</ref> He commanded the 12th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment during its crossing of the Rhine in March 1945,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XLhJOqP9r0kC&pg=PA167|title=Operation Varsity: Rhine Crossing: The British and Canadian Airborne Assault|first= Tim |last=Saunders|page=167|publisher=Leo Cooper|year=2004|isbn=978-1844152216}}</ref> for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37112|page=2877|date=7 June 1945|supp=y}}</ref> After the war he became General Staff Officer (Intelligence) at General Headquarters Far East Land Forces in July 1950,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.pegasusarchive.org/normandy/paul_gleadell.htm|title=Paul Gleadell|publisher=Paradata|accessdate=12 June 2020}}</ref> commander of the 24th Infantry Brigade in July 1955 and Chief of Staff (Operations) at Land Forces, Cyprus in May 1958 during the Cyprus Emergency.<ref name=commands>{{cite web|url=https://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|accessdate=7 June 2020}}</ref> After that he became General Officer Commanding 44th (Home Counties) Division in January 1954 and then Director of Infantry in February 1962 before retiring in February 1965.<ref name=commands/>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gleadell, Paul}} Category:1910 births Category:1988 deaths Category:British Army major generals Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Category:Devonshire Regiment officers Category:British Army personnel of World War II