Between The Wars
Giffard attended Staff College, Camberley from 1919 to 1920. On graduating, he joined the Royal West African Frontier Force.
In 1927 he went on the Shanghai Expeditionary Force as the Second-in-Command of 1st Bn, the Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment. He was appointed an Instructor at the Staff College, Camberley in 1928, and then became Commanding Officer of 2nd Bn, the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment at Aldershot in 1931. In 1933 he became a General Staff Officer, Grade 1 (GSO1) (effectively the Chief of Staff) of the British 2nd Division.
He returned to service in West Africa in 1936, when he was appointed Inspector-General of the West African Frontier Force. He was appointed Inspector-General of African Colonial Forces in 1938.
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