Richard Goodbody

General Sir Richard Wakefield Goodbody, (12 April 1903 – 29 April 1981) was a senior British Army officer who served as Adjutant General from 1960 to 1963.

Military career Educated at Rugby School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Richard Goodbody was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 29 August 1923. Orde Wingate and Douglas Packard were among his fellow graduates, both of whom also rose to general officer's rank. He was promoted to lieutenant on 29 August 1925. He was posted to the Royal Horse Artillery in 1927. He went on to become General Officer Commanding 56th (London) Armoured Division in April 1951, Director of the Royal Artillery in April 1954 and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Northern Command in May 1957. He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1957 to 1968, Colonel Commandant of the Royal Horse Artillery from 1960 to 1968, and ADC General to the Queen from 1961 to 1963. He lived in Blandford Forum, Dorset.

Goodbody was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1953 and upgraded to a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in 1963. He was also appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1958.