Major-General Edward Temple Leigh Gurdon CB, CBE, MC (20 October 1896 – 15 December 1959) was a British Army officer.
After being educated at Rugby School,[2] Gurdon, the son of a bishop, entered the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, from where he was commissioned into the East Yorkshire Regiment in 1914 but transferred to the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) on 12 May 1915, during the First World War.
When all his senior officers became casualties he took command of the battalion, and showed great ability, coolness and courage throughout the day.
[4]He remained in the army during the difficult interwar period and was made Private Secretary to Robert Coryndon, then the Governor of Uganda, from 1919−1920.
[5][2] After the war he became General Officer Commanding (GOC) the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division in September 1945 and General Officer Commanding, Salisbury Plain District in January 1947 before retiring in October 1948.