Sir Cecil Sugden | |
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Born | 1903 |
Died | 1963 (aged 59–60) |
Allegiance |
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Service/branch |
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Rank | General |
Commands held |
Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong Allied Forces Northern Europe |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
General Sir Cecil (Stanway) Sugden GBE KCB (1903–1963) was Master-General of the Ordnance.
Military career[]
Educated at Brighton College,[1] Sugden was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1923.[2]
He served in World War II in North Africa and then was Director of Plans at the War Office from 1943.[2]
After the War he became Director of Military Operations at the War Office in 1945.[2] He became a Brigadier on the General Staff at Headquarters British Troops in Egypt in 1947 and then Chief of Staff there in 1948.[2]
He returned to the War Office as Director of Personnel Administration in 1949 and then became Chief of Staff for British Army of the Rhine in 1951.[2] He was appointed Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong in 1954 and Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Northern Europe in 1956.[2] He served as Quartermaster-General to the Forces from 1958 to 1961 when he became Master-General of the Ordnance.[2]
References[]
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