Sir Cecil Sugden | |
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Nickname(s) | "Cuthbert Sugden" |
Born | Rawalpindi, British India | 4 December 1903
Died | 25 March 1963 Queen Alexandra Military Hospital, Millbank, London, England | (aged 59)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1923–1961 |
Rank | General |
Service number | 27005 |
Unit | Royal Engineers |
Commands held |
British Forces in Hong Kong Allied Forces Northern Europe |
Battles/wars | Second World War |
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 (4 December 1903 – 25 March 1963) was a senior British Army officer who served as Master-General of the Ordnance from 1962 to 1963.
Educated at Brighton College, [1] Sugden was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Royal Engineers on 29 August 1923. [2] [3] He attended the Staff College, Quetta from 1932 to 1933. [4]
Sugden served in the Second World War in North Africa and then was Director of Plans at the War Office from 1943. [3] After the war he became Director of Military Operations at the War Office in 1945. [3] He became a brigadier on the General Staff at Headquarters British Troops in Egypt in 1947, the same year he served as an instructor at the Imperial Defence College, [4] and then chief of staff there in 1948. [3]
Sugden 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. [3] He was appointed Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong in 1954 and Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Northern Europe in 1956. [3] He served as Quartermaster-General to the Forces from 1958 to 1961, when he became Master-General of the Ordnance. [3]
Sir Cecil Sugden | |
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Nickname(s) | "Cuthbert Sugden" |
Born | Rawalpindi, British India | 4 December 1903
Died | 25 March 1963 Queen Alexandra Military Hospital, Millbank, London, England | (aged 59)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1923–1961 |
Rank | General |
Service number | 27005 |
Unit | Royal Engineers |
Commands held |
British Forces in Hong Kong Allied Forces Northern Europe |
Battles/wars | Second World War |
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 (4 December 1903 – 25 March 1963) was a senior British Army officer who served as Master-General of the Ordnance from 1962 to 1963.
Educated at Brighton College, [1] Sugden was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Royal Engineers on 29 August 1923. [2] [3] He attended the Staff College, Quetta from 1932 to 1933. [4]
Sugden served in the Second World War in North Africa and then was Director of Plans at the War Office from 1943. [3] After the war he became Director of Military Operations at the War Office in 1945. [3] He became a brigadier on the General Staff at Headquarters British Troops in Egypt in 1947, the same year he served as an instructor at the Imperial Defence College, [4] and then chief of staff there in 1948. [3]
Sugden 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. [3] He was appointed Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong in 1954 and Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Northern Europe in 1956. [3] He served as Quartermaster-General to the Forces from 1958 to 1961, when he became Master-General of the Ordnance. [3]