| Lieutenant General Sir Denis O'Connor | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1907-07-02)2 July 1907 Simla, British India |
| Died | 18 January 1988(1988-01-18) (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
After attending the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, O'Connor was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in September 1927, and was deployed in India from 1929 to 1935.
O'Connor served in the Second World War, initially as an instructor at the Staff College, Camberley and then with the 11th Armoured Division. 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.
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. After attending the Imperial Defence College in 1950, he was appointed Chief Instructor at the Royal School of Artillery in 1951 and Commander Royal Artillery for 11th Armoured Division in 1953.
O'Connor became Director of Plans at the War Office in 1955 and General Officer Commanding 6th Armoured Division in 1957. He was made Chief Army Instructor at the Imperial Defence College in London in 1958 and GOC Aldershot District in 1960. He was appointed Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff in 1962 and Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong in 1964. He retired in 1966.
References
- "No. 33308". The London Gazette. 2 September 1927. p. 5674.
- ^ 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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| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded byRoderick McLeod | GOC 6th Armoured Division 1957–1958 |
Post disbanded |
| Preceded byRonald Bramwell-Davis | GOC Aldershot District 1960–1961 |
Succeeded byJohn Francis Metcalfe |
| Preceded bySir Richard Craddock | Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong 1964–1966 |
Succeeded bySir John Worsley |
- 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
- Royal Artillery officers
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Military personnel from Shimla
- Academics of the Staff College, Camberley
- Military personnel of British India
- Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies
- Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich