| Sir Cecil Sugden | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | "Cuthbert Sugden" |
| Born | (1903-12-04)4 December 1903 Rawalpindi, British India |
| Died | 25 March 1963(1963-03-25) (aged 59) Queen Alexandra Military Hospital, Millbank, London, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1923–1961 |
| Rank | General |
| Service number | 27005 |
| Unit | Royal Engineers |
| Commands | British Forces in Hong Kong Allied Forces Northern Europe |
| Battles / wars | Second World War |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
General Sir Cecil Stanway Sugden, GBE, KCB (4 December 1903 – 25 March 1963) was a senior British Army officer who served as Master-General of the Ordnance from 1962 to 1963.
Military career
Educated at Brighton College, Sugden was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Royal Engineers on 29 August 1923. He attended the Staff College, Quetta from 1932 to 1933.
Sugden served in the Second World War in North Africa and then was Director of Plans at the War Office from 1943. After the war he became Director of Military Operations at the War Office in 1945. He became a brigadier on the General Staff at Headquarters British Troops in Egypt in 1947, the same year he served as an instructor at the Imperial Defence College, and then chief of staff there in 1948.
Sugden returned to the War Office as Director of Personnel Administration in 1949 and then became chief of staff for British Army of the Rhine in 1951. He was appointed Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong in 1954 and Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Northern Europe in 1956. He served as Quartermaster-General to the Forces from 1958 to 1961, when he became Master-General of the Ordnance.
References
- Old Brightonians Archived 6 September 2012 at archive.today
- "No. 32858". The London Gazette. 31 August 1923. p. 5910.
- ^ Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ Smart 2005, p. 301.
Bibliography
- Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.
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| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded bySir Terence Airey | Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong 1954–1955 |
Succeeded bySir William Stratton |
| Preceded bySir Robert Mansergh | Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Northern Europe 1956–1958 |
Succeeded bySir Horatius Murray |
| Preceded bySir Nevil Brownjohn | Quartermaster-General to the Forces 1958–1961 |
Succeeded bySir Gerald Lathbury |
| Preceded bySir John Cowley | Master-General of the Ordnance 1962–1963 |
Succeeded bySir Charles Jones |
- 1903 births
- 1963 deaths
- British Army generals
- British Army generals of World War II
- Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
- Graduates of the Staff College, Quetta
- Academics of the Royal College of Defence Studies
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
- People educated at Brighton College
- Military personnel from Rawalpindi
- Royal Engineers officers
- War Office personnel in World War II
- Military personnel of British India
- British people in colonial India