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Comic Projects: The Really Heavy Greatcoat. Comics Projects: Return to Planet Earth. British Comic Reference | British Comic Characters Profiled | Garth. Marvel UK | “Genesis ’92”: Looking Back and What Might Have Been. British Comic Characters and Strips Profiled. Starblazer Checklist: Starblazer Abroad. Starblazer Recalled: Forgotten Fantasy Fiction – With Pictures. Action – The Sevenpenny Nightmare – Micro Site. British and Irish Creators and Publishers on Twitter. British Classic Comics and Creators on Facebook. British Comics Sales Figures: The Good Old Days. British News Stand Comics and Magazines for Teens, Pre-Teens and Children. Why Your Favourite British Comic Strip of 1974 Hasn’t Been Reprinted – Yet!. Lakes Festival Focus – Comic Creator Interviews. Roy of the Rovers – Rebellion Books Check List. 2022 2000AD and Treasury of British Collections and Specials. Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Churchill's Lions: a biographical guide to the key British generals of World War II. ^ a b c d "Biography of Major-General Raymond Briggs (1895−1985), Great Britain". Sidewriter british army archive#
^ a b c d "King's Collections: Archive Catalogues: Military Archives". He continued in this role until he retired from the army, with the honorary rank of major-general on 25 March 1947. This was followed by an appointment, in July, to become the Director of the Royal Armoured Corps at the War Office. With the conclusion of the campaign, he was dismissed by his superior, General Sir Bernard Montgomery, the Eighth Army commander. He continued to command the division throughout the Tunisian campaign, which ended in May 1943, and he was again mentioned in dispatches on 24 June 1943. His rank of major-general was made temporary on 21 August 1943. He also received the Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) for his role in the battle. He commanded the division during the Second Battle of El Alamein and was mentioned in despatches. He was then awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) on 13 August 1942 and promoted to acting major-general on 21 August and appointed General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 1st Armoured Division. As commander of this brigade he participated in the First Battle of El Alamein. He was promoted to colonel on 12 August 1941, with seniority backdated to 1 July 1941. He served in the Second World War as a General Staff Officer (GSO), before being promoted to acting brigadier and becoming the commander of the 2nd Armoured Brigade, part of the 1st Armoured Division in December 1940. 
He was promoted to brevet major on 1 January 1933 brevet lieutenant-colonel on 1 July 1938, and returned to the Staff College to become an instructor in armoured warfare. He was appointed Deputy Assistant Director for Mechanized Warfare at the War Office in 1936, and from 14 October 1937 became a GSO2 at the War Office. īriggs remained in the army during the interwar period, transferring to the Tank Corps (later the Royal Tank Regiment) and attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1925 to 1926. Briggs served in the First World War with the British Army's Machine Gun Corps, receiving his commission in 1915.
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