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Born, 1891; educated at Temple Grove, Lancing and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; commissioned into The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 1911; served with 2 Bn, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 1911-1916; Lt, 1913; service in Malta, 1913-1914; served in World War One (MC, despatches), 1914-1918; Capt, 1915; temporary Maj, Machine Gun Corps, 1916; General Staff Officer 3, 17 Corps, Western Front, 1916-1917; Bde Maj, 26 Infantry Bde, France, 1917-1918; General Staff Officer 2, 11 Div, 1918; General Headquarters, 1918-1919; 9 Corps, 1919; General Staff Officer 3, Northern Command, UK, 1919-1921; service with the Iraq Army, 1925-1928; Brevet Maj, 1929; Brevet Lt Col, 1931; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, War Office, 1932; Lt Col, Royal Ulster Rifles, 1934; Col, 1935; commanded British Troops in Palestine, 1935; General Staff Officer 1, Palestine, 1936; Brig, commanding 16 Infantry Bde, Palestine and Transjordan, 1936-1939; awarded CBE, 1937; Brig, General Staff, Headquarters, Northern Command, India, 1939-1940; awarded CB, 1939; served in World War Two, 1939-1945; commanded Western (Independent) District, India, 1940-1941; Maj Gen, 1941; Divisional commander, 1941; Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1942-1944; awarded US Legion of Merit, 1943; Senior Military Adviser to Minister of Supply, 1944-1946; retired 1946; Head of British Ministry of Supply Staff in Australia, 1946-1951, and Chief Executive Officer, Joint UK-Australian Long Range Weapons, Board of Administration, 1946-1949; knighted, 1951; Managing Director, Rotol Limited and British Messier, 1951-1958; Chairman, Rotol Limited and British Messier, 1958-1960; died, 1988.