General Sir Charles Parker Deedes, KCB, CMG, DSO (9 August 1879 – 9 March 1969) was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary.

[3] He served in the 2nd battalion, which was transferred to South Africa following the outbreak of the Second Boer War that month.

[6] After the war ended in June 1902, he returned to regular service with his regiment,[7] and transferred with the battalion to Malta, for which he left Point Natal on the SS Staffordshire in October.

[5] He became Director of Personal Services at the War Office in 1930 and Military Secretary in 1934.

[5] He was promoted to general and held the colonelcy of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry from 1927 to 1947.