Denis O'Connor (British Army officer)
Lieutenant General Sir Denis O'Connor | |
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| Born | 2 July 1907 Simla, British India |
| Died | 18 January 1988 (aged 80) Surrey, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1927–1966 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Service number | 38415 |
| Unit | Royal Artillery |
| Commands | British Forces in Hong Kong Aldershot District 6th Armoured Division 63rd Medium Artillery Regiment |
| Battles / wars | Second World War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Mentioned in Despatches |
Lieutenant General Sir Denis Stuart Scott Rory O'Connor, KBE, CB (2 July 1907 – 18 January 1988) was a senior British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding Aldershot District from 1960 to 1961.
Military career
[edit]After attending the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, O'Connor was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in September 1927,[1][2] and was deployed in India from 1929 to 1935.[2]
O'Connor served in the Second World War, initially as an instructor at the Staff College, Camberley and then with the 11th Armoured Division.[2] He was appointed Commanding Officer of 63rd Medium Artillery Regiment in North West Europe in 1944 and was then deployed with the Fourteenth Army to Burma in 1945.[2]
After the war O'Connor became Director of Plans to the Supreme Allied Commander for South East Asia Command before becoming a brigadier on the General Staff of Middle East Command in 1946.[2] After attending the Imperial Defence College in 1950,[3] he was appointed Chief Instructor at the Royal School of Artillery in 1951 and Commander Royal Artillery for 11th Armoured Division in 1953.[2]
O'Connor became Director of Plans at the War Office in 1955 and General Officer Commanding 6th Armoured Division in 1957.[2] He was made Chief Army Instructor at the Imperial Defence College in London in 1958 and GOC Aldershot District in 1960.[2] He was appointed Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff in 1962 and Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong in 1964.[4] He retired in 1966.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "No. 33308". The London Gazette. 2 September 1927. p. 5674.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Sir Denis Stuart Scott (Rory) O'Connor Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ "O'Connor, Denis Stuart Scott". Generals.dk. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Legislative Committee Minutes
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[edit]- 1907 births
- 1988 deaths
- British Army lieutenant generals
- Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Academics of the Royal College of Defence Studies
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- British Army personnel of World War II
- Military personnel from Shimla
- Academics of the Staff College, Camberley
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