Editing Gerald Templer (section)

==Postwar==
On 17 October 1946, Templer was awarded the [[Legion of Merit]] in the Degree of Commander by the [[President of the United States]] for his conduct during the war.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37761 |supp=y|page=5137|date=15 October 1946}}</ref> He was also appointed a Commander of the [[Order of Leopold II]] of Belgium and [[Croix de guerre (Belgium)|Croix de guerre]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37761 |supp=y|page=5140|date=15 October 1946}}</ref> and a Grand Officer of the [[Order of Orange Nassau]] of the Netherlands with Swords.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37761 |supp=y|page=5143|date=15 October 1946}}</ref>

He served as Deputy Chief of Staff for the [[Control Commission for Germany - British Element|British Element (CCG/BE)]] of the [[Allied Commission|Allied Control Commission]] for [[Allied-occupied Germany|Germany]] after the Second World War, for which he was appointed a [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] in the [[Queen's Birthday Honours|King's Birthday Honours]] 1946.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37598 |supp=y|page=2760|date=4 June 1946}}</ref> 

He first came to public notice in 1945 while acting as Director of the Military Government in the British Zone of Germany, when he fired the mayor of [[Cologne]], [[Konrad Adenauer]], for "laziness and inefficiency".<ref name="Page275"/> This became an issue in 1954, when it was mooted he should become commander of the [[British Army of the Rhine]]; fearing an adverse reaction from  Adenauer – who was now [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] – the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill demurred and Templer was not appointed after his tour in Malaya ended.<ref>{{cite book|title=Templer and the Road to Malayan Independence: The Man and His Time |first= Leon |last=Comber|year=2015|publisher=ISEAS Publishing|isbn=978-9814620109|page=189|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QjXzCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA189}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The British Army of the Rhine: Turning Nazi Enemies into Cold War Partners |first=Peter |last=Speiser|year=2016|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0252040160|page=34|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fsYvDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA34}}</ref>

Templer became [[Directorate of Military Intelligence (United Kingdom)|Director of Military Intelligence]] at the [[War Office]] in March 1946, then [[Vice Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)|Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff]] in February 1948. Having been promoted to lieutenant-general on 5 April 1948<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38253 |supp=y|page=2197|date=2 April 1948}}</ref> and appointed a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] in the [[New Year Honours]] 1949,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38493 |supp=y|page=6|date=31 December 1948}}</ref> he moved on to be [[General Officer Commanding]] [[Eastern Command (United Kingdom)|Eastern Command]] on 18 February 1950.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38860 |supp=y|page=1267|date=14 March 1950}}</ref> He was promoted to [[General (United Kingdom)|general]] on 4 June 1950,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38980 |supp=y|page=3939|date=1 August 1950}}</ref> advanced to [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] in the [[Queen's Birthday Honours|King's Birthday Honours]] 1951,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=39243 |supp=y|page=3063|date=1 June 1951}}</ref> and appointed [[Aide-de-Camp General]] to [[George VI|the King]] on 30 August 1951.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=39332 |supp=y|page=4811|date=11 September 1951}}</ref> He also became a Knight of the [[Venerable Order of Saint John]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=39584|page=3520|date=27 June 1952}}</ref>