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nickname">"Whit"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmart2005334_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmart2005334-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">18 June 1894</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">17 February 1967 (aged 72)<br /><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="710" data-file-height="406" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1914–1945?</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em"><a href="/wiki/Service_number" title="Service number">Service number</a></th><td class="infobox-data">7960</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Unit</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Garrison_Artillery" title="Royal Garrison Artillery">Royal Garrison Artillery</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Commands</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/26th_(London)_Anti-Aircraft_Brigade" title="26th (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade">26th (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1st_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">1st Anti-Aircraft Division</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a><br /><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">Companion of the Order of the Bath</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Territorial_Decoration" title="Territorial Decoration">Territorial Decoration</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> <b>Robert Frederick Edward Whittaker</b>, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">CB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">CBE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Decoration" title="Territorial Decoration">TD</a>, (18 June 1894 – 17 February 1967) was a <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a> banker and a senior officer in Britain's part-time <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Reserve (United Kingdom)">Territorial Army</a> (TA). He rose to the position of chief of staff at <a href="/wiki/Anti-Aircraft_Command" title="Anti-Aircraft Command">Anti-Aircraft Command</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Who_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_business_career">Early life and business career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Whittaker_(British_Army_officer)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and business career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whittaker was educated at <a href="/wiki/Ardingly_College" title="Ardingly College">Ardingly College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmart2005333_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmart2005333-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On leaving school in 1911, Whittaker began a career in banking. He became a Fellow of the <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Bankers" class="mw-redirect" title="Institute of Bankers">Institute of Bankers</a> in 1940, and was general manager (Administration) of <a href="/wiki/Lloyds_Bank" title="Lloyds Bank">Lloyds Bank</a> from 1952 until his retirement in 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_career">Military career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Whittaker_(British_Army_officer)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Military career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_I">World War I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Whittaker_(British_Army_officer)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While at Ardingly Whittaker had been a member of the <a href="/wiki/Officers%27_Training_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Officers' Training Corps">Officers' Training Corps</a> 1909–11.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He joined the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Garrison_Artillery" title="Royal Garrison Artillery">Royal Garrison Artillery</a> (RGA) after <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> broke out in 1914, and was commissioned as a <a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_and_Commonwealth" title="Second lieutenant">second lieutenant</a> on 13 March 1915 in No 1 Company of the Kent RGA (<a href="/wiki/Territorial_Force" title="Territorial Force">Territorial Force</a>) based at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Clarence" title="Fort Clarence">Fort Clarence</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Kent" title="Rochester, Kent">Rochester</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)">lieutenant</a> on 1 June 1916 and saw active service in <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">France and Belgium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the war over in November 1918, he married the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmart2005333_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmart2005333-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Territorial_Army">Territorial Army</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Whittaker_(British_Army_officer)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Territorial Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the Territorial Force was reformed as the <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Reserve (United Kingdom)">Territorial Army</a> (TA) in the early 1920s, Whittaker was one of the first officers appointed to a new RGA unit, the <a href="/wiki/53rd_(City_of_London)_Heavy_Anti-Aircraft_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" title="53rd (City of London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery">53rd (City of London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade</a>. The regiment was drawn mainly from those working in the financial sector in the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a>, one whole battery being recruited from the <a href="/wiki/Lloyd%27s_of_London" title="Lloyd's of London">Lloyd's of London</a> insurance market. Whittaker was re-commissioned, in the rank of <a href="/wiki/Major_(United_Kingdom)" title="Major (United Kingdom)">major</a> on 22 November 1922 and became Officer Commanding of 158th (City of London) Battery.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELitchfield1992164_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELitchfield1992164-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whittaker was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_Kingdom)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)">lieutenant colonel</a> on 1 January 1931 and appointed Commanding Officer of 53rd (CoL) AA Bde on 31 October 1933. He was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Decoration" title="Territorial Decoration">Territorial Decoration</a> (TD).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 30 October 1936 he was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_Kingdom)" title="Colonel (United Kingdom)">colonel</a> and in 1938 he was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">OBE</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:206_Brompton_Road.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/206_Brompton_Road.JPG/220px-206_Brompton_Road.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/206_Brompton_Road.JPG/330px-206_Brompton_Road.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/206_Brompton_Road.JPG/440px-206_Brompton_Road.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>206 Brompton Road, the former <a href="/wiki/Brompton_Road_tube_station" title="Brompton Road tube station">Brompton Road tube station</a> closed in 1934, used as the headquarters of Whittaker's <a href="/wiki/26th_(London)_Anti-Aircraft_Brigade" title="26th (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade">26th (London) AA Brigade</a> and of the London Inner Artillery Zone during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The threat of air raids on the United Kingdom, in the event of war with <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Germany</a>, led to an expansion of the TA's Anti-Aircraft (AA) units in the 1930, which accelerated after the <a href="/wiki/Munich_Crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="Munich Crisis">Munich Crisis</a> of 1938, when the TA had been briefly mobilised for war. Whittaker was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_(United_Kingdom)" title="Brigadier (United Kingdom)">brigadier</a> and appointed commander of <a href="/wiki/26th_(London)_Anti-Aircraft_Brigade" title="26th (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade">26th (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade</a> (including his old regiment) on 18 January 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 26th AA Bde, controlling several regiments of heavy anti-aircraft (HAA) guns, was a critical part of the air defences of London. Just before the outbreak of war, the brigade moved its headquarters to <a href="/wiki/Brompton_Road_tube_station" title="Brompton Road tube station">Brompton Road</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_Kensington" title="South Kensington">South Kensington</a>, where a <a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_line" title="Piccadilly line">Piccadilly line</a> underground railway station had been disused since 1934. The tunnels, subways and lift-shafts of the station were adapted to provide bomb-proof accommodation, and it became the control centre for the whole of the London Inner Artillery Zone (IAZ) under <a href="/wiki/1st_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">1st AA Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoutledge199465_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoutledge199465-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOsborne2006100−101_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOsborne2006100−101-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Whittaker_(British_Army_officer)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whittaker commanded his brigade from this HQ during the training period of the <a href="/wiki/Phoney_War" title="Phoney War">Phoney War</a>, through the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a> and into the early part of <a href="/wiki/The_Blitz" title="The Blitz">The Blitz</a>. On 12 November 1940 he was promoted Acting <a href="/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> to command 1st AA Division, making him the most senior TA officer in <a href="/wiki/Anti-Aircraft_Command" title="Anti-Aircraft Command">Anti-Aircraft Command</a> (and the third most senior active TA officer during the war).<sup id="cite_ref-Palmer_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Palmer-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Generals_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Generals-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:British_generals_Whittaker,_Wason_and_Pile_at_A.A._Command_February_1941_H_007259_1_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/British_generals_Whittaker%2C_Wason_and_Pile_at_A.A._Command_February_1941_H_007259_1_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-British_generals_Whittaker%2C_Wason_and_Pile_at_A.A._Command_February_1941_H_007259_1_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/British_generals_Whittaker%2C_Wason_and_Pile_at_A.A._Command_February_1941_H_007259_1_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="321" data-file-height="293" /></a><figcaption>Major General Robert Whittaker (centre left); Lieutenant General <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Rigby_Wason" title="Sydney Rigby Wason">Sydney Wason</a> (centre), and Lieutenant General <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Alfred_Pile" title="Frederick Alfred Pile">Sir Frederick Pile</a> (centre right) at <a href="/wiki/Anti-Aircraft_Command" title="Anti-Aircraft Command">Anti-Aircraft Command</a> on 14 February 1941 during a visit by <a href="/wiki/David_Margesson,_1st_Viscount_Margesson" title="David Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson">David Margesson</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_War" title="Secretary of State for War">Secretary of State for War</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In January 1941, improved <a href="/wiki/GL_Mk._I_radar" title="GL Mk. I radar">gun control radar</a> was beginning to be introduced to HAA units. To make best use of this equipment, the commander-in-chief of AA Command, <a href="/wiki/Sir_Frederick_Pile" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Frederick Pile">Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick ('Tim') Pile</a>, ordered the operators to send their plots to the Gun Operations Rooms (GORs) where the data could be integrated. The system proved no better than the old methods and was opposed by Whittaker, who carried out his own experiments in 1st AA Division and developed new methods for 'unseen' fire. He convinced Pile to restore fire control to the gun sites themselves, using their own radar plotters.<sup id="cite_ref-Pile_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pile-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 January 1942, Whittaker became Major-General, General Staff (chief of staff) to Pile, with the rank of Temporary Major-General.<sup id="cite_ref-Palmer_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Palmer-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Generals_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Generals-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was a period of intense organisational pressure on AA Command and its staff: already short of manpower, its best men were drained away for active service overseas and had to be replaced by women of the <a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_Territorial_Service" title="Auxiliary Territorial Service">Auxiliary Territorial Service</a> and part-timers of the <a href="/wiki/Home_Guard_(United_Kingdom)" title="Home Guard (United Kingdom)">Home Guard</a>, who had to be integrated. A new streamlined command structure was introduced, with divisions and <a href="/wiki/Army_corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Army corps">corps</a> reduced to a single layer of Group headquarters more closely matching those of <a href="/wiki/RAF_Fighter_Command" title="RAF Fighter Command">RAF Fighter Command</a>. New rocketry and radar technologies had to be introduced, and defences repositioned to meet new threats, such as the <a href="/wiki/Baedeker_raids" class="mw-redirect" title="Baedeker raids">Baedeker raids</a>, and the <i><a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a>'</i>s 'hit and run' attacks on the South Coast of England.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoutledge1994398−410_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoutledge1994398−410-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 1944, after more than two years in the post, Whittaker was moved to command <a href="/w/index.php?title=2nd_Anti-Aircraft_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2nd Anti-Aircraft Group (page does not exist)">2 AA Group</a>, which was responsible for defending South East England. At the time the group was dealing with small-scale night raids coming over the coast heading towards London (the '<a href="/wiki/Baby_Blitz" class="mw-redirect" title="Baby Blitz">Baby Blitz</a>') and with reorganising the defences of Southern England to cover the build-up of troops, shipping and equipment for the forthcoming invasion of Normandy (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Palmer_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Palmer-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoutledge1994410_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoutledge1994410-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shortly after the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">Normandy landings</a>, the anticipated attacks by <a href="/wiki/V-1_flying_bomb" title="V-1 flying bomb">V-1 flying bombs</a> (codenamed 'Divers') began, and the AA defences had to be reshuffled once more: guns were moved from the London IAZ and elsewhere to the South Coast to try to destroy the V-1s as they came inland (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Diver" title="Operation Diver">Operation Diver</a>). Within 24 jours of the start of Operation Diver, 2 AA Group had placed four rows of eight-gun HAA positions in a belt 12,000 yards deep just in front of the <a href="/wiki/North_Downs" title="North Downs">North Downs</a>, extending from <a href="/wiki/East_Grinstead" title="East Grinstead">East Grinstead</a> to <a href="/wiki/Chatham,_Kent" title="Chatham, Kent">Chatham</a>, backed by light AA (LAA) guns and radar-controlled searchlights. The belt was divided into for sectors, each with a GOR. After a fortnight, the 'Diver Belt' was reorganised, with the mobile HAA guns being replaced by static guns with better equipment, and the guns deployed nearer the coast. Moving the static guns required 2 AA Group to hire hundreds of civilian lorries, and rapidly to construct the temporary platforms required.<sup id="cite_ref-Pile_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pile-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoutledge1994411_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoutledge1994411-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Once <a href="/wiki/21st_Army_Group" title="21st Army Group">21st Army Group</a> had broken out of the Normandy beachhead and overrun the launching sites in Northern France, the <i>Luftwaffe</i> switched to air-launching V-1s over the North Sea, and 2 AA Group had to reposition its defences once again, this time down the South East Coast. This offensive petered out in January 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoutledge1994410−422_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoutledge1994410−422-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Whittaker was awarded a <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">CB</a> in 1943, and a <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">CBE</a> in 1945. He was made a substantive major-general on 11 April 1945 near the end of the war.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recreation">Recreation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Whittaker_(British_Army_officer)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Recreation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whittaker listed his recreation as <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">Rugby football</a>. He served as honorary treasurer and president of the Kent County Rugby Football Union, as present of the London RFU, and was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Rugby_Football_Union" title="Rugby Football Union">Rugby Football Union</a> committee.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family_life">Family life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Whittaker_(British_Army_officer)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Family life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whittaker married Minnie B. Miles in 1919 and they had one daughter. His wife died in 1953 and in 1956 he married Brenda L. Johansen.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Whittaker died in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> after a long illness on 17 February 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmart2005334_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmart2005334-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Whittaker_(British_Army_officer)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESmart2005334-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmart2005334_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmart2005334_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSmart2005">Smart 2005</a>, p. 334.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFTitley1967" class="citation news cs1">Titley, U. A. (21 February 1967). "Maj.-Gen. R. F. E. Whittaker". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i>. No. 56871.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times&rft.atitle=Maj.-Gen.+R.+F.+E.+Whittaker.&rft.issue=56871&rft.date=1967-02-21&rft.aulast=Titley&rft.aufirst=U.+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Whittaker+%28British+Army+officer%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Who-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Who_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Who_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Who_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Who_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Who_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Who_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Who_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Who_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">WHITTAKER, Maj.-Gen. Robert Frederick Edward', <i>Who was Who 1961–1970</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESmart2005333-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmart2005333_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmart2005333_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSmart2005">Smart 2005</a>, p. 333.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Quarterly Army List</i> January 1916.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Quarterly Army List</i> September 1919.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELitchfield1992164-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELitchfield1992164_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLitchfield1992">Litchfield 1992</a>, p. 164.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Monthly Army List</i> January 1923.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Monthly Army List</i> January 1935.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Monthly Army List</i> May 1939.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERoutledge199465-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoutledge199465_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRoutledge1994">Routledge 1994</a>, p. 65.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEOsborne2006100−101-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOsborne2006100−101_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFOsborne2006">Osborne 2006</a>, p. 100−101.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Palmer-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Palmer_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Palmer_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Palmer_13-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/webeasycms/hold/uploads/bmh_document_pdf/Anti-Aircraft-Corps-History-Personnel.pdf">Robert Palmer, <i>A Concise History of Anti-Aircraft Command (History and Personnel)</i> at British Military History.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Generals-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Generals_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Generals_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.generals.dk/general/Whittaker/Robert_Frederick_Edward/Great_Britain.html">Whittaker at Generals of World War II.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Quarterly Army List</i> various dates 1940–45.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pile-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Pile_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pile_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38149/page/5973">Pile's despatch</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/armylistjan1943grea"><i>Quarterly Army List</i> January 1943.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERoutledge1994398−410-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoutledge1994398−410_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRoutledge1994">Routledge 1994</a>, p. 398−410.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">2 AA Group War Diary, January–June 1942, <a href="/wiki/The_National_Archives_(United_Kingdom)" title="The National Archives (United Kingdom)">The National Archives (TNA), Kew</a>, file WO 166/14621.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERoutledge1994410-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoutledge1994410_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRoutledge1994">Routledge 1994</a>, p. 410.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERoutledge1994411-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoutledge1994411_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRoutledge1994">Routledge 1994</a>, p. 411.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERoutledge1994410−422-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoutledge1994410−422_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRoutledge1994">Routledge 1994</a>, p. 410−422.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Quarterly Army List</i> July 1945.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Whittaker_(British_Army_officer)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLitchfield1992" class="citation book cs1">Litchfield, Norman E.H. (1992). <i>The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)</i>. Nottingham: Sherwood Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9508205-2-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-9508205-2-0"><bdi>0-9508205-2-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Territorial+Artillery+1908%E2%80%931988+%28Their+Lineage%2C+Uniforms+and+Badges%29&rft.place=Nottingham&rft.pub=Sherwood+Press&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=0-9508205-2-0&rft.aulast=Litchfield&rft.aufirst=Norman+E.H.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Whittaker+%28British+Army+officer%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOsborne2006" class="citation book cs1">Osborne, Mike (2006). <i>20th century defences in the London area</i>. Market Deeping: Concrete Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780954037826" title="Special:BookSources/9780954037826"><bdi>9780954037826</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=20th+century+defences+in+the+London+area&rft.place=Market+Deeping&rft.pub=Concrete+Publications&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=9780954037826&rft.aulast=Osborne&rft.aufirst=Mike&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Whittaker+%28British+Army+officer%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38149/page/5973">Sir Frederick Pile's despatch: "The Anti-Aircraft Defence of the United Kingdom from 28th July, 1939, to 15th April, 1945" <i>London Gazette</i> 18 December 1947</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRoutledge1994" class="citation book cs1">Routledge, Brig N.W. (1994). <i>History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Anti-Aircraft Artillery 1914–55</i>. London: Royal Artillery Institution/Brassey's. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85753-099-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-85753-099-3"><bdi>1-85753-099-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=History+of+the+Royal+Regiment+of+Artillery%3A+Anti-Aircraft+Artillery+1914%E2%80%9355&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Royal+Artillery+Institution%2FBrassey%27s&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=1-85753-099-3&rft.aulast=Routledge&rft.aufirst=Brig+N.W.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Whittaker+%28British+Army+officer%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><i>Who Was Who</i>, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmart2005" class="citation book cs1">Smart, Nick (2005). <i>Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War</i>. 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