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Major-General Michael Charles Kirkpatrick Halford, DSO, OBE (28 October 1914 – 4 January 1999) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Halford was commissioned into the York and Lancaster Regiment on 30 August 1934. He served as commanding officer of the Hallamshire Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment during the Italian campaign of the Second World War for which he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire and a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.

After the war, he became commander of 147th Infantry Brigade in July 1960, chief of staff at Western Command in July 1963 and General Officer Commanding 43rd (Wessex) Division/District in December 1964 before retiring in February 1967.

He was advanced to Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1957 Birthday Honours and served as honorary colonel of the York and Lancaster Regiment from 1966 to 1979.

References

1. "No. 34194". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 August 1935. p. 5532.
2. Tonder, Gerry van (2017). Sheffield's Military Legacy. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1526707628.
3. "No. 36850". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 December 1944. p. 5846.
4. "No. 37442". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 January 1946. p. 635.
5. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 4 June 2020.
6. "No. 41089". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1957. p. 3367.
7. "York and Lancaster Regiment". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 8 January 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2016.

• 1914 births
• 1999 deaths
• British Army major generals
• Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
• Officers of the Order of the British Empire
• York and Lancaster Regiment officers
• Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
• British Army personnel of World War II