Charles Bullen-Smith

Major-General David Charles Bullen-Smith (23 October 1898 – 1970) was a senior British Army officer.

Military career Bullen-Smith was born in 1898 and attended Wellington College, Berkshire. He then attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst during the First World War, from where he was commissioned on 16 August 1916 into the King's Own Scottish Borderers. He was promoted to lieutenant on 16 February 1918. Towards the end of the war, during the Hundred Days Offensive, he was awarded the Military Cross, the citation for which reads:

Remaining in the army during the difficult interwar period, he became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion the King's Own Scottish Borderers in 1940 during the Second World War. He went on to be commander of the 219th Independent Brigade in June 1941, commandant of the Senior Officers' School in November 1941 and general officer commanding (GOC) of the 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division in May 1942. After leading an unsuccessful operation to raid the Colombelles factory area on 10–11 July 1944, and, having attained the age limit, ceased to belong to the Reserve of Officers on 23 October 1956.