Cecil Sugden

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Sir Cecil Sugden
Born 1903
Died 1963
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Flag of the British Army.svg British Army
Rank General
Commands held Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong
Allied Forces Northern Europe
Battles/wars World War II
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 (1903–1963) was Master-General of the Ordnance.

Military career

Educated at Brighton College,[1] Sugden was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1923.[2]

He served in World War II in North Africa and then was Director of Plans at the War Office from 1943.[2]

After the War he became Director of Military Operations at the War Office in 1945.[2] He became a Brigadier on the General Staff at Headquarters British Troops in Egypt in 1947 and then Chief of Staff there in 1948.[2]

He 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.[2] He was appointed Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong in 1954 and Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Northern Europe in 1956.[2] He served as Quartermaster-General to the Forces from 1958 to 1961 when he became Master-General of the Ordnance.[2]

References

Military offices
Preceded by Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong
1954–1955
Succeeded by
Sir William Stratton
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Northern Europe
1956—1958
Succeeded by
Sir Horatius Murray
Preceded by Quartermaster-General to the Forces
1958–1961
Succeeded by
Sir Gerald Lathbury
Preceded by Master-General of the Ordnance
1962–1963
Succeeded by
Sir Charles Jones