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{{Short description|British Army officer (1899–1985)}}
{{Infobox military person
|name = [[Brigadier]] Frank Goadby, [[OBE]]
|image =
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|birth_date = 1899
|birth_place = [[Reading, Berkshire]]
|death_date = {{death year and age|1985|1899}}
|death_place =
|rank = [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier]]
|serviceyears = 1917-1949
|allegiance = {{UK}}
|branch = {{flagicon|UK}} [[British Army]] (1917-1926, 1947-1949)<br>
{{flagicon|British Raj}} [[British Indian Army]] (1926-1947)
|commands =
|battles = [[Waziristan campaign (1921–1924)|Waziristan campaign]]<br>[[Second World War]]
|awards = [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]]
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[[Brigadier]] '''Franz Reginald Lindsay''' "'''Frank'''" '''Goadby''' {{post-nominals|OBE}} (1899–1985) was a [[British Army]] and [[British Indian Army]] officer.

After training at [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]], he was commissioned into the [[Royal Engineers]], though he transferred to the [[Royal Corps of Signals]] in 1920. Goadby served much of his early career in India, including during the [[Waziristan campaign (1921–1924)|Waziristan campaign]] in the early 1920s, his actions in which were recognised by appointment as a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]].

Goadby transferred to the [[British Indian Army]] in 1926, in the rank of captain, and served with the [[3rd Sikh Pioneers]] and [[Rajputana Rifles|6th Rajputana Rifles]]. During the [[Second World War]] he served in the [[Burma campaign]], for which he was twice [[mentioned in despatches]]. Upon Indian independence in 1947, Goadby became the last British senior officer to hold a position in Calcutta and the last British commander of Bombay.

Goadby retired in 1949, after which he lived in a 400-year-old mill at [[Standlake]], Oxfordshire. He held many voluntary positions, including as treasurer of the local football club, president of the youth centre, manager of the [[Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre]] and president of the Oxford branch of the [[Burma Star Association]]. He had a long association with the [[Royal British Legion]], serving as chairman and then president of their Oxfordshire branch from 1953 until 1977. Goadby was [[deputy lieutenant]] of Oxfordshire from 1964. A keen local historian, he wrote a history of Standlake church that was published in 1965. Upon his death, his papers were split among a number of archives.

==Early life and British Army ==

Goadby was born in [[Reading, Berkshire]], in 1899; his father was a dentist. As a child he had an interest in nature, particularly in collecting wildflowers.<ref name=mail/>

Goadby attended the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]] from 1917 and whilst there was known as the "gardener-in-chief" because of his fascination with flowers.<ref name=mail/> After [[Passing out (military)|passing out]] he was appointed a second lieutenant in the [[Royal Engineers]] on 20 September 1918.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30907 |date=17 September 1918 |page= 11159|supp=y}}</ref> By 1919, the same year he married Kathleen Mary Clark, Goadby was serving in British India.<ref name=mail/><ref name=bod/>

He was promoted to lieutenant on 20 March 1920 and transferred to the [[Royal Corps of Signals]] in that rank on 7 January 1921.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31868|date=16 April 1920|page= 4550|supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32183|date=4 January 1921|page= 150|supp=y}}</ref> Goadby served in the [[Waziristan campaign (1921–1924)|Waziristan campaign]] against rebel tribes during 1922 and 1923 and, on 20 May 1924, was appointed a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] in recognition of this.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32940|date=30 May 1924|page= 4300}}</ref>

== British Indian Army==

Goadby transferred to the [[British Indian Army]] in the rank of captain on 1 September 1926, though he was granted seniority in rank from 20 September 1924.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33216|date=29 October 1926|page= 6914}}</ref> He served initially with the 2nd battalion of the [[3rd Sikh Pioneers]].<ref name=bod/> One of his duties in India was to review routes used by the British armed forces, which involved walking hundreds of miles at high altitudes.<ref name=mail/>

In 1933 he transferred to the 1st battalion of the [[Rajputana Rifles|6th Rajputana Rifles]] as [[staff officer|staff captain]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33976|date=8 September 1933|page= 5867}}</ref> Goadby was appointed [[brigade major]] on 2 September 1935 and promoted to the rank of major on 20 September 1936.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34215|date=1 November 1935|page= 6906}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34336|date=30 October 1936|page= 6911}}</ref> His appointment as brigade major ended on 15 June 1937.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34426|date=13 August 1937|page= 5180}}</ref> He later served with [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Command]] in Simla, Calcutta, Bihar and Bombay.<ref name=bod/>

Goadby held the [[temporary rank]] of lieutenant-colonel by 20 September 1944, when he was promoted to the [[substantive rank]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=36832|date=8 December 1944|page= 5643}}</ref> Goadby served in the [[Burma campaign]] and was twice honoured with [[mentions in despatches]] for "gallant and distinguished service", on 19 July 1945 and 10 January 1946.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37184|date=17 July 1945|page= 3746|supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37425|date=8 January 1946|page= 380|supp=y}}</ref>

Goadby held the temporary rank of brigadier by the time he was appointed an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] on 14 August 1947.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=38161|date=30 December 1947|page= 12|supp=y}}</ref> India was granted independence as the [[Dominion of India]] the following day. Goadby became the last British senior officer to hold a position in [[Calcutta]] and the last British commander of [[Bombay]].<ref name=mail/>

Goadby had reverted to the temporary rank of colonel by 20 October 1947, when he was promoted to the substantive rank.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=38134|date=25 November 1947|page= 5637|supp=y}}</ref> He retired from the army on 13 June 1949; on the same date he was granted the honorary rank of brigadier.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=38642|date=17 June 1949|page= 2998}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=38651|date=28 June 1949|page= 3175|supp=y}}</ref>

==Retirement ==

In retirement Goadby and his wife moved to the 400-year-old Gaunt Mill at Standlake, Oxfordshire. They developed an area of wilderness there into a show garden.<ref name=mail>{{cite news |last1=Ffrench |first1=Andrew |title=Brigadier boosted membership of Royal British Legion |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/20628235.brigadier-frank-goadby-boosted-membership-royal-british-legion/ |access-date=5 September 2022 |work=Oxford Mail |date=15 August 2022 |language=en |archive-date=5 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905124333/https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/20628235.brigadier-frank-goadby-boosted-membership-royal-british-legion/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Goadby became active in a number of voluntary roles in the local area. He was treasurer of Standlake Football Club, president of Standlake Youth Centre, manager of the [[Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre]] in Oxford and president of the Oxford branch of the [[Burma Star Association]]. Goadby reckoned that he served on 44 committees<ref name=mail/> but prioritised the [[Royal British Legion]], of whose Oxfordshire branch he became chairman in 1953. Goadby stood down from the role in 1971 to become president of the branch before retiring in 1977.<ref name=mail/>

On 9 April 1964 Goadby was appointed [[deputy lieutenant]] of Oxfordshire.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=43300|date=17 April 1964|page= 3368}}</ref> At other times he was elected district and county councillor.<ref name=mail/> He was a keen local historian and wrote a history of the [[St Giles' Church, Standlake|parish church at Standlake]] that was published in 1965 as ''St. Giles Church, Standlake, Oxon''.<ref name=archives>{{cite web |title=The Papers of Brigadier and Mrs F.R.L.Goadby |url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/ffd1820b-9d2a-3092-bc00-41e7bfbaee00 |website=Archives Hub |access-date=5 September 2022}}</ref><ref name=bod>{{cite web |title=Collection: Papers of F.R.L. Goadby |url=https://archives.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/repositories/2/resources/1802 |website=Bodleian Library archives |access-date=5 September 2022 |archive-date=5 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905123820/https://archives.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/repositories/2/resources/1802 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Goadby and his wife moved from Gaunt Mill in 1981, entering a Royal British Legion flat in [[Kidlington]]. Goadby died in 1985.<ref name=mail/> Goadby's papers were split among a number of archives. Some papers on his work with the Royal British Legion and on local and family history are held by the [[Oxfordshire History Centre]].<ref name=archives/> A collection of printed material is held by the [[Radcliffe Science Library]] and John Johnson collection at the [[Bodleian Library]], and other papers are held in the [[University of Cambridge]] South Asian Archive.<ref name=bod/>

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