Charles Phibbs Jones

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Brigadier General Charles Phibbs Jones when Lieutenant General Ayabe Kitsuju took over the surrender of Japan in Kuala Lumpur (1945)

Sir Charles Phibbs "Jonah" Jones , GCB , CBE , MC (born June 29, 1906 in Kenmare , County Kerry , Ireland ; † January 4, 1988 in Amesbury , Wiltshire ) was a British general in the British Army , who last served between 1963 and In 1966, as Master-General of the Ordnance, he was responsible for artillery, engineering troops, fortifications, military supplies, transport and field hospitals. He was also Chief Royal Engineer from 1967 to 1972 and thus head of the Royal Corps of Engineers and, between 1969 and 1975, Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea , a retirement home for retired and war disabled soldiers of the British Army in London .

Life

Military training World War II

Charles Phibbs Jones, son of Hume Riversdale Jones and his wife Elizabeth Anne Phibbs, joined the Royal Engineers in 1925 and was employed in the Bombay Engineer Group of the British Indian Army in the Crown Colony of British India between 1928 and 1934 . On his return in 1934 he was adjutant of the engineering force of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division and later an instructor at Staff College Camberley . During the Second World War he was Acting Lieutenant-Colonel between October 27, 1941 and November 18, 1942 General Staff Officer 1 of the Home Forces and held this position until November 18, 1942. He was appointed as such on January 27 In 1942 initially Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel and War Substantive Major before he was promoted to major on September 3, 1942 . In the further course of the war he was between November 1942 and October 1944 commander of the engineering troops of the Guards Armored Division deployed in northwestern Europe . In this role he was again Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel on January 27, 1943 . He was used between October 9, 1944 and January 22, 1945 as General Staff Officer 1 and then from January 23, 1945 as Chief of Staff (Brigadier General Staff) of the XXX, which was also deployed in northwestern Europe. Corps ( XXX Corps ) . In this capacity he became Acting Colonel and Acting Brigadier on January 23, 1945 .

At the end of the war, Jones became Chief of Staff of Army Command in British Malaya in July 1945 and remained there until April 23, 19456. On July 23, 1945, he received the ranks of War Nouns Lieutenant-Colonel , Temporary Colonel and as Temporary Brigadier . At this post he accepted the surrender of Japan in Kuala Lumpur by Lieutenant General Ayabe Kitsuju in September 1945 .

post war period

After the end of the war, Charles Phibbs Jones worked as a brigadier between May 6, 1946 and January 1, 1947, initially Chief of Staff of the Army Command West (Brigadier General Staff, Western Command) and after visiting the Imperial Defense College (IDC) in London from 7 January 1948 until 31 October 1950 commander ( commanding Officer ) in Palestine 2nd Infantry Brigade deployed (2nd Infantry Brigade) . It was at this time on 21 December 1949, Colonel (Colonel) promoted and was between 14 December 1950 and 26 April 1951 Head of the Planning Department in the Ministry of War (Director of Plans, War Office ) .

On May 1, 1951 Jones was as Temporary Major-General Commanding General ( General Officer Commanding ) in Germany in the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten in Hamburg stationed 7th Armored Division ( 7th Armored Division ) held and this function had until November 30, 1953rd In this use, he was on 12 November 1951, first to Brigadier (Brigadier) and on 7 December 1952, Major General (Major-General) promoted. After his return he held the post of Commandant of Staff College Camberley between January 8, 1954 and December 31, 1956 and then from March 1, 1957 to August 15, 1958 as Vice-Adjutant-General in the Army Ministry (Vice Adjutant-General , War Office) , before becoming a Temporary Lieutenant-General between January 1, 1959 and January 1, 1960, Director of the Combined Military Planning Staff of the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO), which in addition to Great Britain also Iraq , Iran , Pakistan and Turkey belonged to. On January 1, 1960, he was beaten Knight Commander (KCB) of the Order of the Bath (KCB) and has since had the addition of "Sir".

Advancement to general, retirement and family

Then was Lieutenant General (Lieutenant General) Charles Phibbs Jones March 8, 1960 to March 26, 1962 Commanding General of I Corps ( I Corps ) . In June 1962, he was then, succeeding Lieutenant General Michael West Commander in Chief of the Army Command North (General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command) and remained in that capacity until April 18, 1963 after which Lt. Gen. Charles Leslie Richardson began his local successor. Most recently, he succeeded General Cecil Sugden as Master-General of the Ordnance on May 6, 1963 and was responsible for artillery, engineering troops, fortifications, military supplies until he was replaced by General Charles Leslie Richardson on December 12, 1966. Transport as well as field hospitals was. He was promoted to general on August 5, 1963 and was elevated to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) on June 12, 1965 . At the same time he also acted as aide-de-camp for Queen Elizabeth II between 1965 and January 9, 1967, and then retired on January 9, 1969.

After retiring from active military service, Jones was Chief Royal Engineer from 1967 to 1972 and thus head of the Royal Corps of Engineers and, from 1969 to 1975, Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea , a retirement home for retired British Army soldiers in London . He was also President of the Royal British Legion from 1970 to 1981 .

His marriage to Ouida Margaret Wallace in 1934 resulted in two sons, including General Charles Edward Webb Jones , who was Quartermaster-General to the Forces between 1988 and 1991 , and from 1992 to 1995 military representative on the NATO military committee and between In 1995 and 2001 he was the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 113
  2. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 258
  3. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 21
  4. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 223
  5. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 321
  6. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 40
  7. ↑ a b KNIGHTS AND DAMES. In: leighrayment.com. November 2, 2018, accessed on September 22, 2019 .
  8. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 200
  9. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 96
  10. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 11
predecessor Office successor
General Cecil Sugden Master-General of the Ordnance
1963-1966 		General Charles Leslie Richardson
personal data
SURNAME Jones, Charles Phibbs
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jonah (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British general
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Kenmare , County Kerry , Ireland
DATE OF DEATH 4th January 1988
Place of death Amesbury , Wiltshire