Ronald Weeks, 1st Baron Weeks
| The Lord Weeks | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | 13 November 1890 |
| Died | 19 August 1960 (aged 69) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order Military Cross |
Lieutenant-General Ronald Morce Weeks, 1st Baron Weeks KCB, CBE, DSO, MC, TD (13 November 1890 – 19 August 1960) was a British Army General during the Second World War.
Military career
Weeks was commissioned into the South Lancashire Regiment of the Territorial Army in 1913.[1] He served in the Rifle Brigade during the First World War and then retired from military service in 1919.[1]
He was re-employed during the Second World War initially as Chief of Staff for the Territorial Division and then as a Brigadier on the General Staff of Home Forces in 1940.[1] He was appointed Director General of Army Equipment in 1941 and Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff in 1942.[1] He then became Deputy Military Governor and Chief of Staff of the British Zone for the Allied Control Council in Germany in 1945; in that capacity he was involved in negotiations to avoid the Berlin Blockade.[2] He retired from the Army later that year.[1]
He was awarded the Military Cross in 1917,[3] and a Bar to the Military Cross in 1918.[4] He was appointed to the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1918,[5] made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1939[6] and a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1943.[7]
Later life
After the war Weeks became Chairman of Vickers.[8] In 1956 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Weeks, of Ryton in the County Palatine of Durham.[9]
Family
Lord Weeks had two daughters: The Hon. Pamela Rose Weeks (1931–)[10] and the Hon. Venetia Daphne Weeks (1933–).[11] Pamela married Henry Walter Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (1928–) and Venetia married Sir Peter Troubridge (1927–1988).
Lord Weeks died in August 1960, aged 69, when the barony became extinct.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ↑ Berlin Airlift: The Salvation of a City By Jon Sutherland, Diane Canwell, Page 11 Pelican, 2008, ISBN 978-1-58980-550-7
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29886. p. 43. 1 January 1917.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30813. p. 8767. 26 July 1918.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30450. p. 27. 1 January 1918.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 34585. p. 8. 2 January 1939.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36033. p. 2419. 2 June 1943.
- ↑ Rotol-Messier Apprentices Rewarded Flight, 20 May 1955
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 40827. p. 4025. 10 July 1956.
- ↑ The Peerage.com
- ↑ The Peerage.com
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by None |
Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff 1942–1945 |
Succeeded by Sir Sidney Kirkman |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baron Weeks 1956–1960 |
Extinct |