Task: Question Understanding
Input (English): Context : General Sir Geoffrey Richard Desmond Fitzpatrick GCB GCVO DSO MBE MC (14 December 1912 -- 12 October 2002) was a senior British Army officer who served as commander of the British Army of the Rhine and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe. 
Question : What military branch was Desmond Fitzpatrick associated with?
Output (English): military branch