Frederick Hoare
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Major-General Frederick Hoare CB CBE was a South African military commander. After serving in the Royal Air Force in World War I, he joined the South African AirForce on its formation in 1920.
He served as the Union Defence Forces' Director Of Technical Services from 1933 to 1937, and briefly as Director of Air and Technical Services (with the rank of colonel) before retiring in 1937.
He returned to active duty in 1939 and served as Director-General of Technical Services from 1939 to 1940. For the rest of World War II, he was involved in arms production and procurement. He retired again at the end of the war.
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