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Vice Chief Of The General Staff (United Kingdom)
Vice Chief of the General Staff (VCGS) was the title of the deputy to the Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army. From 1940 until 1985 the Vice Chief was the second-ranking member of the General Staff and was a member of the Army Board. List of post-holders The Vice Chiefs were as follows: Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff * Lieutenant-General Sir John Dill April 1940 – 27 May 1940 * Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Haining 27 May 1940 – 19 May 1941 * Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall 19 May 1941 – 5 December 1941 * Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Nye 5 December 1941 – 1945 * Lieutenant-General Sir Frank Simpson 1946–1948 * Lieutenant-General Sir Gerald Templer 1948–1950 * Lieutenant-General Sir Nevil Brownjohn 1950–1952 * Lieutenant-General Sir Harold Redman 1952–1955 * Lieutenant-General Sir William Oliver 1955–1957 * Lieutenant-General Sir William Stratton 1957–1960 * Lieutenant-General Sir William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Of The General Staff (United Kingdom)
The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) has been the title of the professional head of the British Army since 1964. The CGS is a member of both the Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Army Board. Prior to 1964, the title was Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS). Since 1959, the post has been immediately subordinate to the Chief of the Defence Staff, the post held by the professional head of the British Armed Forces. The current Chief of the General Staff is General Sir Patrick Sanders, who succeeded his predecessor, General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith, in June 2022. Background The title was also used for five years between the demise of the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in 1904 and the introduction of Chief of the Imperial General Staff in 1909. The post was then held by General Sir Neville Lyttelton and, briefly, by Field Marshal Sir William Nicholson. Throughout the existence of the post the Chief of the General Staff has been the First Military Member of the Army B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Stratton (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant General Sir William Henry Stratton (15 October 1903 – 25 November 1989) was a senior British Army officer who was Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong from 1955 to 1957. Military career Stratton was born on 15 October 1903 in British India but later went to England and, after graduating from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 30 January 1924. He was deployed to the Gold Coast before becoming Assistant Instructor at the Royal School of Military Engineering in 1933. He served in the Second World War as a brigadier on the General Staff of General Headquarters Home Forces and then of the General Staff of the 8th Army in Italy. In 1944 he was appointed Commander of 169th Infantry Brigade. After the war he was appointed Chief of Staff at British Army of the Rhine, a post he held until 1949 when he became Commandant of the Joint Services Staff College. In 1952 he became Head of the British Army St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Morony
General Sir Thomas Lovett Morony (23 September 1926 – 27 May 1989) was a British Army General who reached high office in the 1980s. Military career Morony was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1947. His first senior appointment was as Director of the Royal Artillery in 1975. He was then appointed, in 1978, Commandant of the Royal Military College of Science. In 1980 he was made Vice Chief of the General Staff and in 1983 he was appointed UK Military Representative to NATO. He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1978 and of the Royal Horse Artillery from 1982. He was ADC General to the Queen In the English-speaking world, The Queen most commonly refers to: * Elizabeth II (1926–2022), Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 1952 until her death The Queen may also refer to: * Camilla, Queen Consort (born 1947), ... from 1984 to 1986. References , - , - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Morony, Thomas 1926 births 1989 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stanier (British Army Officer)
Field Marshal Sir John Wilfred Stanier, (6 October 1925 – 10 November 2007) was a senior British Army officer who was Chief of the General Staff from 1982 to 1985. He was the first person after the Second World War to become the professional head of the British Army without having seen active service in that war or any subsequent campaign. Early life and education Stanier was born in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, the son of Harold Allan Stanier and Penelope Rose Stanier (née Price). His father was badly wounded in the First World War, but was employed by John Spedan Lewis to manage his farms. He was educated at Marlborough CollegeHeathcote, Anthony pg 269 and took a short wartime course at Merton College, Oxford. Military career Stanier volunteered for the Army in 1943, and having trained at Sandhurst and Bovington, was commissioned into the 7th Queen's Own Hussars on 19 April 1946. Promoted to lieutenant on 16 October 1948, he served with the intelligence branch in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Scotter
General Sir William Norman Roy Scotter, (9 February 1922 – 5 February 1981) was a senior British Army officer who served as commander-in-chief, British Army of the Rhine from September 1978 until October 1980. Early life and education William (Bill) Scotter was born in Birkenhead, Wirral on 9 February 1922, the son of Claude Norman Scotter (born Ulverston, Cumbria in 1889, died 1978 in Hampshire) and Hilda Marie Scotter ( Turner; 1892–1948). He had two brothers and one sister. Scotter was the grandson of Canon William Henry Scotter, one time vicar at Ulverston and his wife Emma Gordon Dill. He was also the great-nephew of Sir Charles Scotter, chairman and managing director of the London and South Western Railway. Scotter was educated at St. Bees School, Cumberland. Military career Second World War In June 1941 Scotter enlisted in the British Army and served in ranks of the Scots Guards. By 1942 he had attained the rank of lance corporal. After attending the Indian Military ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Fraser (British Army Officer)
General Sir David William Fraser, (30 December 1920 – 15 July 2012) was a senior British Army officer who served as Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies from 1978 until his retirement from military service in 1980. He was also a prolific author, publishing over 20 books mostly focused on the history of the Second World War. Early life Fraser was born on 30 December 1920. He was the son of Brigadier William Fraser, the younger son of the 19th Lord Saltoun, and Pamela Maude, widow of Billy Congreve a Victoria Cross recipient and daughter of actors Cyril Maude and Winifred Emery. He was educated at Eton College.Debrett's People of Today 1994 He left school to join the British Army but was refused. Instead, in January 1940, he matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford. Military career While studying at the University of Oxford, Fraser joined the Home Defence Force. In October 1940, he was training at the Guards' Depot in Caterham, Surrey. He was streamlined duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Blacker
General Sir Cecil Hugh Blacker (4 June 1916 – 18 October 2002) was a senior British Army officer and a former Adjutant-General to the Forces. Military career Educated at Wellington College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Cecil Blacker was commissioned into the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards in 1936.Debrett's People of Today 1994 He was adjutant of the regiment during the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940.Obituary: General Sir Cecil Blacker The Times, 23 October 2002 He later transferred to the 23rd Hussars which then formed part of 11th Armoured Divis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour
General Sir Robert George Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour, (15 September 1913 – 28 December 1994) was a senior officer in the British Army. Early life Robert George Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour was born on 15 September 1913 at Knightsbridge, London. He was the son of Robert Shekelton Balfour and Mabel Iris FitzGeorge.C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 2, page 519. Hereinafter cited as The Book of Kings. Through his mother he was descended from George III of the United Kingdom through the king's grandson Prince George, Duke of Cambridge and his mistress Sarah Fairbrother. In 1922 his name was legally changed to Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour by deed poll.Robin F. Balfour, "re: Admiral Arthur Christian," e-mail message to Darryl Lundy, 7 April 2004. Hereinafter cited as "re: Admiral Arthur Christian." FitzGeorge-Balfour was educated at Eton College and at King's College, Cambridge.Announcements, The Times, Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desmond Fitzpatrick
General Sir Geoffrey Richard Desmond Fitzpatrick, (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. After his retirement from the army he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jersey and later held a ceremonial position in the Royal Household. Early life Fitzpatrick was born on 14 December 1912 in Aldershot, the son of Sir Ernest Richard Fitzpatrick, a brigadier general. He attended Eton College and then the Royal Military College Sandhurst, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 1st The Royal Dragoons on 1 September 1932. He was promoted lieutenant three years later. In 1938, his regiment was sent to Palestine to suppress the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine, and on 22 December 1939 Fitzpatrick received the Military Cross for his role in operations there. Second World War Fitzpatrick was promoted to captain on 1 September 1940. In 1941, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Baker (British Army Officer)
Field Marshal Sir Geoffrey Harding Baker, (20 June 1912 – 8 May 1980) was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, from 1968 to 1971. He served in the Second World War and became Director of Operations and Chief of Staff for the campaign against EOKA in Cyprus during the Cyprus Emergency and later in his career provided advice to the British Government on the deployment of troops to Northern Ireland at the start of the Troubles. Military career Born the son of Colonel Cecil Norris Baker and Ella Mary Baker (née Hutchinson) and educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich,Heathcote, Anthony pg 37 Baker was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 28 January 1932. He was promoted to lieutenant on 28 January 1935 and was posted later that year to Meerut in India. Baker served in the Second World War and, having been promoted to captain on 28 January 1940, and posted as a staff officer to Headquarters Middle East in May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Pike (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant General Sir William Gregory Huddleston Pike (24 June 1905 − 10 March 1993) was a senior British Army officer who served as Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1960 to 1963. Military career Pike entered Bedford School in 1914, and was further educated at Marlborough College. After graduating from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Pike was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 28 January 1925. He served with the British Indian Army until 1936 and fought in the Second World War taking part in the Dunkirk evacuation and commanding the 77th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery during the landings in Morocco and Algeria in March 1943. On 11 March 1944, Pike was promoted to brigadier and appointed to command 59th Army Group Royal Artillery, a headquarters that was about to embark for the Far East. On arrival at the Ranchi training area, 59 AGRA and the artillery regiments placed under Pike's command prepared for an amphibious assault on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Oliver (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant General Sir William Pasfield Oliver (8 September 1901 – 26 February 1981), was a senior British Army officer who served as Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1955 to 1957. Early life Oliver was born in Teddington, Middlesex, the son of Royal Navy captain Pasfield Victor Oliver and Charlotte Winifred Richards. He was educated at King's College School, Cambridge, Radley College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Military career After passing out from Sandhurst, Oliver was commissioned into the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment on 24 December 1920.Sir William Oliver Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. After being promoted to |
