Hugh Massy (British Army officer)
Hugh Massy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 January 1884 Pembrokeshire, Wales[1] |
| Died | 21 May 1965 (aged 81) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1902−1943 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Service number | 6163 |
| Unit | Royal Artillery |
| Commands | XI Corps |
| Battles / wars | First World War Second World War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Military Cross |
Lieutenant General Hugh Royds Stokes Massy CB DSO MC (5 January 1884 – 21 May 1965) was a British Army officer who served during the First and Second World Wars.
Military career
[edit]Educated at Bradfield College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich,[2] Massy was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1902.[3] He served with the West African Frontier Force from 1907 and then became Adjutant for 4th East Lancashire Brigade in 1913.[3]
He served in the First World War, initially as a staff officer in the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and then as a Brigade Major in France.[3]
After the war he attended the Staff College, Camberley in 1919 and became a brigade major with Irish Command in 1920 and then went to India, initially as a staff officer, and then as an instructor at the Staff College, Quetta.[3] After attending the Imperial Defence College in 1930, he was an instructor at the Senior Officers' School, Belgaum from 1932 and then became a brigadier with Southern Command in 1934.[3] He was appointed Director of Military Training at the War Office in 1938.[3]
He served in the Second World War, initially as Deputy Chief of Imperial General Staff and then as Commander-in-Chief of the North West Expeditionary Force to Central Norway in 1940; he went on to command XI Corps in East Anglia from July 1940 to November 1941[4] and retired in 1943.[3]
He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1945 to 1951.[3]
He was High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1946.[2]
Family
[edit]In 1912 he married Maud Ina Nest Roch. They had one son and one daughter.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Smart 2005, p. 213.
- ^ a b c The Peerage.com
- ^ a b c d e f g h Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Bibliography
[edit]- Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.
External links
[edit]- 1884 births
- 1965 deaths
- Academics of the Staff College, Quetta
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- British Army personnel of World War I
- People educated at Bradfield College
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- High sheriffs of Pembrokeshire
- Royal West African Frontier Force officers
- Royal Artillery officers
- Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
- Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley
- Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies
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- Military personnel from Pembrokeshire