Hugh Hibbert | |
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Born | 10 December 1893 Reading, Berkshire, England |
Died | 22 June 1988 (aged 94) Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service | British Army |
Years of service | 1913–1946 |
Rank | Major-General |
Service number | 10488 |
Unit | King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry |
Commands | 148th Infantry Brigade 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division |
Battles / wars | First World War Second World War |
Awards | Distinguished Service Order |
Major-General Hugh Brownlow Hibbert DSO (10 December 1893 – 22 June 1988) was a senior British Army officer.
Military career
Born the son of Rear-Admiral Hugh Thomas Hibbert, Hibbert entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from where he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, on 17 September 1913, shortly before the start of the First World War.
He was deployed to eastern Norway in April 1940 and saw action during the Norwegian campaign during the Second World War for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order on 6 August 1940. After being withdrawn from Norway in June 1940, he became commander of the 148th Infantry Brigade in Northern Ireland May 1941 and was engaged in operations to protecting the province from German invasion. He went onto become General Officer Commanding 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division in the United Kingdom from May 1942 until August 1943, eventually retiring from the army in 1946, a year after the war ended.
References
- "Letter from Major General W. R. Baring Pemberton to General Hibbert (Hugh Brownlow Hibbert)". National Archives. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- "No. 28756". The London Gazette. 16 September 1913. p. 6561.
- "No. 34914". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 August 1940. p. 4789.
- "Hibbert, Hugh Brownlow". Generals.dk. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- "Badge, formation, Home District, British Troops Northern Ireland". Imperial war Museum. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 30 May 2020.
Bibliography
- Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.
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Preceded byFrederick E. Morgan | GOC 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division 1942–1943 |
Succeeded byWalter Clutterbuck |
- 1893 births
- 1988 deaths
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry officers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- People educated at Uppingham School
- British Army generals of World War II
- Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
- British World War I prisoners of war
- British Army major generals
- Military personnel from Reading, Berkshire