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William Hinde (British Army officer)

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Nickname(s)
  
"Looney"

Rank
  
Major General

Name
  
William Hinde

Battles and wars
  
World War II

Allegiance
  
United Kingdom

Spouse(s)
  
Evelyn Muriel Wright

Role
  
Soldier

Service/branch
  
British Army

Born
  
June 25, 1900 (
1900-06-25
)

Battles/wars
  
World War 2 Mau Mau emergency

Commands held
  
15th/19th The King\'s Royal Hussars, 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade, 22nd Armoured Brigade

Major General Sir William Robert Norris "Looney" Hinde, KBE, CB, DSO & Bar (25 June 1900 – 1981) was a senior British Army officer who served in the Second World War and in the Mau Mau Uprising in colonial Kenya.

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He married Evelyn Muriel Wright on 22 July 1926. The couple had one son, William (Bill), and three daughters, Elizabeth, Cathryn and Victoria.

Military career

From 1940 to 1942 Commanding Officer 15th/19th Hussars From 26 August 1942 to 7 December 1942 Commanding Officer 20th Armoured Brigade From 23 January 1943 to 7 August 1944 Commanding Officer 22nd Armoured Brigade in North Africa, Italy and North-West Europe; active in Normandy and in the Battle of Villers-Bocage 1945 to 1948 Deputy Military Governor, British Sector Berlin, Germany 1949 to 1951 Deputy Commanding Officer, Lower Saxony, Germany 1950 to 1951 Aide-de-Camp to the King 1952 to 1956 Aide-de-Camp to the Queen 1952 to 1953 District Officer Commanding Cyrenaica District, North Africa 1953 to 1956 Director of Operations, Kenya; led an offensive against the Mau Mau, from January 1953 1957 Retired

Awards and decorations

  • Distinguished Service Order (22 July 1943) and bar (19 August 1943)
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • Companion of the Order of the Bath

    • References

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