William Hinde (British Army officer)

William Robert Norris Hinde
Nickname(s) "Looney"
Born (1900-06-25)25 June 1900
Died 1981
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Major General
Commands held 22nd Armoured Brigade (1943-44)
20th Armoured Brigade (1942)
15th/19th Hussars (1940-42)
Battles/wars Second World War
Mau Mau Uprising
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order & Bar
Spouse(s) Evelyn Muriel Wright

Major General Sir William Robert Norris "Looney" Hinde, KBE, CB, DSO & Bar (25 June 1900 – 1981) was a senior British Army officer who served in the Second World War and in the Mau Mau Uprising in colonial Kenya.[1]

He married Evelyn Muriel Wright on 22 July 1926. The couple had one son, William (Bill), and three daughters, Elizabeth, Cathryn and Victoria.[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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Maj.-Gen. Hon. Sir William Robert Norris Hinde". The Peerage. 12 June 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Hinde, Sir William Robert Norris". generals.dk. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Timeline: Mau Mau Rebellion". Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Recommendation for Award for Hinde, William Robert Morris". National Archives. 1943. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Recommendation for Award for Hinde, William Robert Norris". National Archives. 1943. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
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