Hugh Massy

Hugh Massy
Born	5 January 1884
Died	21 May 1965 (aged 81)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	XI Corps
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Military Cross

Lieutenant General Hugh Royds Stokes Massy CB DSO MC (5 January 1884 – 21 May 1965) was a British Army General during World War II.

Military career

Educated at Bradfield College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich,^[1] Massy was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1902.^[2] He served with the West African Frontier Force from 1907 and then became Adjutant for 4th East Lancashire Brigade in 1913.^[2]

He served in World War I initially as a staff officer in the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and then as a Brigade Major in France.^[2]

After the War he became a Brigade Major with Irish Command in 1920 and then went to India, initially as a staff officer, and then as an Instructor at the Staff College at Quetta.^[2] He was an Instructor at the Senior Officer School in Belgaum from 1932 and then became a Brigadier with Southern Command in 1934.^[2] He was appointed Director of Military Training at the War Office in 1938.^[2]

He served in World War II initially as Deputy Chief of Imperial General Staff and then as Commander-in-Chief of the North West Expeditionary Force to Central Norway in 1940; he went on to command XI Corps in East Anglia from July 1940 to November 1941^[3] and retired in 1943.^[2]

He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1945 to 1951.^[2]

He was High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1946.^[1]

Family

In 1912 he married Maud Ina Nest Roch and together they went on to have one son and one daughter.^[1]

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