King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975

Service biography
Joined Army, in ranks 1939; commissioned into Royal Fusiliers 1940; World War II 1939-1945; Parachute Regt 1943; Arnhem 1944; Royal Military College of Science 1946; Staff College, Camberley 1950; Commander, 2 Parachute Bn, Cyprus 1960-1962; Commander, 11 Infantry Bde Group, Germany 1963-1964; Military Adviser (Overseas Equipment) 1965-1966; Director, Land/Air Warfare, Ministry of Defence 1967-1968; Director, Military Assistance Overseas, Ministry of Defence 1968-1969; Commandant, Royal Military College of Science 1969-1971; General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Army Strategic Command 1971-1972; Deputy Commander-in-Chief, UK Land Forces 1972-1973; General Officer Commanding and Director of Operations, Northern Ireland 1973-1975; Commander, Northern Army Group and Commander-in-Chief, British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) 1976-1978; Aide-de-camp Gen to the Queen 1977-1978; retired 1978

Papers
No reply to approach letter, 1991 No papers have been traced

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