Robert George Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour was born on 15 September 1913 at Knightsbridge, London.
19 Facts About Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour
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Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour was the son of Robert Shekelton Balfour and Mabel Iris FitzGeorge.
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Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards' Supplementary Reserve of Officers on 25 June 1932.
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Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour transferred to the regular Coldstream Guards on 1 February 1934, and was promoted to lieutenant on 25 June 1935.
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Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour served in Palestine during the Arab revolt, for which he was awarded the Military Cross in 1939.
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Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour was made a substantive captain on 1 February 1942, and was a temporary major by October 1943.
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Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour served on the general staff of VIII Corps in 1944 and, by 1945, he was a temporary brigadier.
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Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour ended the war as a war substantive lieutenant colonel, and was advanced to Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 11 October 1945 "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North-West Europe".
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Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour had been Mentioned in Despatches twice during the war: on 1 April 1941, "for distinguished services in the Middle East during the period August 1939 to November 1940", and on 23 March 1944 "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Sicily".
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Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour was promoted to colonel on 15 September 1954 with seniority from 17 June.
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Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour was made commander of the First Brigade of Guards in 1958, Deputy Director of Staff Duties in 1960, and Chief of Staff at Southern Command in 1962.
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Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour went on to be Director of Military Operations in 1964, Senior Army Instructor at the Imperial Defence College in 1967 and Vice Chief of the General Staff in 1968.
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Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath that same year.
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Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour was Chairman of the National Fund for Research into Crippling Diseases from 1975 to 1989.
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Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour was appointed Colonel Commandant of The Honourable Artillery Company, a Territorial Army unit, on 2 August 1976.
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Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour's tenure expired on 1 September 1984, when he was succeeded by General Sir Richard Trant.
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Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of West Sussex in 1977.
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Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour died on 28 December 1994 at West Chiltington, West Sussex.
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Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour was buried on 4 January 1995 at Findon Crematorium, Worthing, West Sussex.