Denis O'Connor (British Army officer)

Lieutenant General Sir Denis Stuart Scott Rory O'Connor, KBE, CB (2 July 1907 – 18 January 1988) was a senior British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding Aldershot District from 1960 to 1961.

Lieutenant General

Sir Denis O'Connor
Born(1907-07-02)2 July 1907
Simla, British India
Died18 January 1988(1988-01-18) (aged 80)
Surrey, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1927–1966
RankLieutenant General
Service number38415
UnitRoyal Artillery
CommandsBritish Forces in Hong Kong
Aldershot District
6th Armoured Division
63rd Medium Artillery Regiment
Battles / warsSecond World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Mentioned in Despatches

Military career

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After attending the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, O'Connor was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in September 1927,[1][2] and was deployed in India from 1929 to 1935.[2]

O'Connor served in the Second World War, initially as an instructor at the Staff College, Camberley and then with the 11th Armoured Division.[2] He was appointed Commanding Officer of 63rd Medium Artillery Regiment in North West Europe in 1944 and was then deployed with the Fourteenth Army to Burma in 1945.[2]

After the war O'Connor became Director of Plans to the Supreme Allied Commander for South East Asia Command before becoming a brigadier on the General Staff of Middle East Command in 1946.[2] After attending the Imperial Defence College in 1950,[3] he was appointed Chief Instructor at the Royal School of Artillery in 1951 and Commander Royal Artillery for 11th Armoured Division in 1953.[2]

O'Connor became Director of Plans at the War Office in 1955 and General Officer Commanding 6th Armoured Division in 1957.[2] He was made Chief Army Instructor at the Imperial Defence College in London in 1958 and GOC Aldershot District in 1960.[2] He was appointed Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff in 1962 and Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong in 1964.[4] He retired in 1966.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "No. 33308". The London Gazette. 2 September 1927. p. 5674.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Sir Denis Stuart Scott (Rory) O'Connor Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  3. ^ "O'Connor, Denis Stuart Scott". Generals.dk. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  4. ^ Legislative Committee Minutes
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Military offices
Preceded by GOC 6th Armoured Division
1957–1958
Post disbanded
Preceded by GOC Aldershot District
1960–1961
Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong
1964–1966
Succeeded by