William Hinde (soldier)
Major-General Sir William Robert Norris "Looney" Hinde DSO and bar KBE CB (b.25 June 1900; d.1981) was a British soldier who served in World War II and in the Mau Mau emergency in colonial Kenya.[1]
He married Evelyn Muriel Wright on 22 July 1926. The couple had two daughters; Cathryn and Elisabeth.[1]
Military career[2]
- From 1940 to 1942 Commanding Officer 15th/19th Hussars
- From 26 August 1942 to 7 December 1942 Commanding Officer 20th Armoured Brigade
- From 23 January 1943 to 7 August 1944 Commanding Officer 22nd Armoured Brigade in North Africa, Italy and North-West Europe; active in Normandy and in the Battle of Villers-Bocage
- 1945 to 1948 Deputy Military Governor, British Sector Berlin, Germany
- 1949 to 1951 Deputy Commanding Officer, Lower Saxony, Germany
- 1950 to 1951 Aide-de-Camp to the King
- 1952 to 1956 Aide-de-Camp to the Queen
- 1952 to 1953 District Officer Commanding Cyrenaica District, North Africa
- 1953 to 1956 Director of Operations, Kenya; led an offensive against the Mau Mau, from January 1953[3]
- 1957 Retired
Awards and decorations
- Distinguished Service Order (22 July 1943) and bar (19 August 1943)[1][4][5]
- Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire[1]
- Companion of the Order of the Bath[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Maj.-Gen. Hon. Sir William Robert Norris Hinde". The Peerage. 12 June 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ↑ "Hinde, Sir William Robert Norris". generals.dk. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ↑ "Timeline: Mau Mau Rebellion". Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ↑ "Recommendation for Award for Hinde, William Robert Morris". National Archives. 1943. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ↑ "Recommendation for Award for Hinde, William Robert Norris". National Archives. 1943. Retrieved 16 January 2015.