Robert Benbow

Major General Robert Benbow CB (4 January 1933 – 9 January 2014) was a British Army general officer.

The son of a soldier also called Robert Benbow, and his wife Blanche Augusta Norris, he was born in Secunderabad, Hyderabad, a princely state which was not part of British India. He graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and on 31 July 1953 was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals.[1] He was promoted to Lieutenant on 31 July 1955[2] Captain on 31 July 1959,[3] Major on 31 July 1966,[4] Lt. Colonel on 31 December 1972,[5] and full Colonel on 30 June 1977.[6] When promoted to Brigadier in December 1978, he was described as "late R. Signals".[7]

From 1978 to 1980, Benbow was Commandant of the School of Signals.[8] In 1983, he was promoted to Major General[9] and was appointed as Colonel Commandant of the Royal Corps of Signals and Signal-Officer-in-Chief, serving in this post until December 1985.[10][8] From that month until April 1987, he was President of the Regular Commissions Board.[8] He then retired.[11]

Benbow died on 9 January 2014, aged 81, in Dorchester, Dorset.

Honours

In the 1986 New Year Honours, Benbow was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath.[10]

Benbow was the Honorary Colonel of the Queen's Gurkha Signals.[12]

Notes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette, Supplement 39965, 18 September 1953, p. 5043
  2. ↑ The London Gazette, Supplement 40550, 29 July 1955, p. 4426
  3. ↑ The London Gazette, Supplement 41777, p. 4795
  4. ↑ The London Gazette, Supplement 44069, 29 July 1966, p. 8606
  5. ↑ The London Gazette, Supplement 45867, 1 January 1973, p. 91,
  6. ↑ The London Gazette, Supplement 47264, 4 July 1977, p. 8744
  7. ↑ The London Gazette, Supplement 47745, 15 January 1979, p. 651
  8. 1 2 3 "Army Commands", Gulabin, accessed 27 March 2026
  9. ↑ The London Gazette, Supplement 49545, 21 November 1983, p. 15397
  10. 1 2 The London Gazette, Supplement 50361, 31 December 1985, p. 2 : "Major General Robert BENBOW (430224), Colonel Commandant Royal Corps of Signals."
  11. ↑ The London Gazette, Supplement 50913, 11 May 1987, p. 6125
  12. ↑ The London Gazette, Issue 52045, 12 February 1990, p. 1969
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