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Richard Gale (British Army officer)
General Sir Richard Nelson "Windy" Gale GCB, KBE, DSO, MC (25 July 1896 – 29 July 1982) was a senior officer in the British Army who served in both world wars. In World War I he was awarded the Military Cross in 1918 whilst serving as a junior officer in the Machine Gun Corps. In World War II he served with 1st Parachute Brigade and then the 6th Airborne Division during the D-Day landings and Operation Tonga in 1944. After the end of the conflict, Gale remained with the Army and eventually became the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
==Early life==
Gale was born on 25 July 1896 in London, England. The early years of his life were spent in Australia and New Zealand due to his father gaining employment in insurance, but the Gale family returned to England in 1906.〔Dover, p. 27〕 He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, a foundation school in the City of London, gaining an average academic record but becoming a prolific reader.〔 After this, he attended further education at Aldenham School in Hertfordshire.〔 For a time, he was a boarder at King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon.〔Watkins, Leslie (1953). ''The Story of Shakespeare's School, 1853-1953'', Stratford-upon-Avon: Herald Press, & Edward Fox, p. v.〕
When Gale left Aldenham he wanted to become an officer in the Royal Artillery, but did not possess the academic qualifications or physical grades required for entry into the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Instead he followed in his father's footsteps and gained employment as an insurance agent, but rapidly grew to dislike the job; determined to enter the British Army, he attended regular physical training classes and studied hard to improve his academic grades.〔Dover, p. 28〕
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