Clifford Malden

British Army general

Clifford Malden

Born| 1890
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Died| 25 March 1941 (aged 50–51)
Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England
Buried|

St Alban's Church, Frant, East Sussex, England

Allegiance| United Kingdom
Service / branch| British Army
Years of service| 1908–1941
Rank| Major-General
Service number| 6310
Unit| Royal Sussex Regiment
Commands| 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
47th (London) Infantry Division
Battles / wars| First World War
Second World War

Major-General Clifford Cecil Malden (1890 – 25 March 1941) was a British Army officer who served in both of the world wars.

## Military career

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Born in 1890 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Malden was commissioned into the Royal Sussex Regiment on 4 April 1908[1] and saw service as a captain during the First World War.[2][3]

He remained in the army during the interwar period and attended the Staff College, Camberley, from 1924 to 1925, as a student, and soon returned as an instructor.[3] He played cricket and hockey for the British Army and, from 1934 to 1936 he was Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. In 1936 he went to England to attend the Imperial Defence College and was promoted to colonel in the same year and married the following year, the same year that he was to serve, until 1938, on the staff at the War Office.[3]

He became Director of Infantry at the War Office in August 1939, shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, Director of Military Training at the War Office in October[4] and General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 47th (London) Infantry Division, a Territorial Army formation, in November 1940.[5][6] His command was destined to be short-lived, however, as he was inadvertently killed after setting off a mine at Shoreham-by-Sea in March 1941.[7][8][6]

## References

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1. ^ "No. 28163". The London Gazette. 31 July 1908. p. 5640.
2. ^ "No. 29310". The London Gazette. 28 September 1915. p. 9558.
3. ^ a b c Smart 2005, p. 207.
4. ^ "No. 35021". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 December 1940. p. 7206.
5. ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 18 June 2020.
6. ^ a b Smart 2005, p. 208.
7. ^ "Malden, Clifford Cecil". Generals.dk. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
8. ^ Grehan, John; Mace, Martin (2012). Battleground Sussex: A Military History of Sussex from the Iron Age to the Present Day. Barnsley: Pen and Sword Military. pp. 173–174. ISBN 978-1-84884-661-6.

## Bibliography

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* Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.

## External links

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* Generals of World War II

Military offices

Preceded by

Harry Willans

|  GOC 47th (London) Infantry Division
1940–1941  | Succeeded by

John Utterson-Kelso