John Mogg (General)

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Herbert John Mogg , GCB , CBE , DSO & Bar (born February 17, 1913 in Chittoe Ranch, Comox , British Columbia , Canada ; † October 28, 2001 in Winterbrook Nursing Home, Cholsey , Oxfordshire , England ) was a British general who, among others Between 1970 and 1973 Adjutant-General to the Forces and most recently Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR) from 1973 to 1976 .

Life

Officer training and World War II

Herbert John Mogg, son of Captain Herbert Barrow Mogg, MC and his wife Alice Mary Ballard, first grew up in Canada and attended St Michael's School in Victoria . After his parents moved to England with him, he attended Malvern College, founded in 1865, between 1926 and 1931 . Subsequently, he completed a cadet training in the Guards Grenadier Regiment Coldstream Guards and between 1935 an officer training at the Royal Military College Sandhurst , where he was awarded the Sword of Honor for his achievements . After completing his training, he joined on 26 August 1937 as a lieutenant (Second Lieutenant) in the Light Infantry regiment Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry one. According to different uses was between 24 April 1939 and 12 April 1940 adjutant in the Territorial Army and was on 26 August 1940, Lieutenant (Lieutenant) and on July 8, 1943, Captain (Captain) transported.

During World War II , Mogg was commandant of a division combat school between January 9 and May 22, 1944 and was transferred to the 9th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry on May 27, 1944 as deputy commander . With this he took part on June 6, 1944 in Operation Overlord , the Allied invasion of Normandy . On June 14, 1944 he was commander of the 9th Battalion and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his services on August 31, 1944 . It was also in 1944 in the war report mentions ( Mentioned in dispatches ) and also received for his efforts in the further course of the war on 12 April 1945, a clasp (bar) for Distinguished Service Order, before he again mentioned on May 10, 1945 in the war report.

post war period

After the end of the war, Mogg completed training at Staff College Camberley and was first general staff officer of a tank division from March 27, 1946 to October 31, 1947 and instructor and second general staff officer at Staff College Camberley between January 1, 1948 and December 14, 1949. During this time he was on 8 July 1948 Major promoted and served 1950-1951 as commander ( Commanding Officer ) , belonging to the Territorial Army 10th Battalion of the Parachute Regiment (10th (City of London) Battalion, The Parachute Regiment ) . He was also a graduate of the Imperial Defense College (IDC) and between January 16, 1952 and December 6, 1953 chief instructor at the Infantry School in Warminster , before becoming instructor and first general staff officer himself from December 7, 1953 to November 8, 1955 Imperial Defense College was. On 15 December 1955 he was appointed Colonel (Colonel) promoted, the promotion was backdated to 18 June 1954th

Following Colonel Mogg took place between 15 December 1955, the April 30, 1958 use as Assistant Adjutant General in the Ministry of War ( War Office ) . During the so-called "Malay Emergency" ('Darurat Malaya') in the Malaya Federation , Brigadier General (Brigadier) was from July 31, 1958 to November 7, 1960 in command of the brigade group of the Commonwealth of Nations deployed there . For his services there he became Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) on June 14, 1960 and also received the Sultan of Perak's Medal of Merit .

Promotion to General and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe

On his return John Mogg was on 10 February 1961, Major General (Major-General) promoted and served between 10 February 1961 to 6 February 1963 as Head of combat deployment (Director of Combat Development) at the War Office. He then succeeded Major General George Gordon-Lennox from April 11, 1963 until his replacement by Major General Peter Mervyn Hunt on January 9, 1966 in command of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst . He also served as Colonel Commandant, Army Air Corps between 1963 and 1974, and Colonel Commandant, The Royal Green Jackets from 1965 and 1973 . On January 1, 1966, he was beaten Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB), so that from then on he carried the suffix "Sir". Shortly thereafter, took place on 10 January 1966 was promoted to Lieutenant General (Lieutenant General) and appointed Come Andi Their General of the British Army of the Rhine BAOR (British Army of the Rhine) belonging and the Ripon Barracks in Bielefeld stationed I. Corps ( I Corps ) where he succeeded Lieutenant General Richard Elton Goodwin . He stayed in this post for two years until January 1968, when he was replaced by Lieutenant General Mervyn Butler . In 1967 he also became governor of Malvern College .

Thereafter, Lieutenant General Mogg was the successor of Lieutenant General Geoffrey Harding Baker between February 1968 and his replacement by Lieutenant General David Peel Yates in April 1968 briefly Supreme Command (General Officer Commanding-in-Chief) of the Army Command South (Southern Command) . He then took over as General in April 1968, the post of Supreme Commander of the newly created Strategic Army Command (Army Strategic Command) and held it until May 1970, after which General Mervyn Butler again succeeded him there. He himself succeeded General Geoffrey Musson as Adjutant-General to the Forces in June 1970 and as such was responsible for the development of personnel policy and support in the Ministry of Defense until his subsequent replacement by General Cecil Blacker in June 1973 the army. He also acted in a personal union from 1971 to 1974 as aide-de-camp General (Adjutant General) by Queen Elizabeth II. He also got on 1 January 1972, the Grand Cross ( Knight Grand Cross ) of the Order of the Bath (GCB) awarded .

Most recently, General John Mogg in November 1973 succeeded General Desmond Fitzpatrick as Deputy Supreme Commander of NATO in Europe DSACEUR ( Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe ) and held that post until his retirement in March 1976 after which General Harry Tuzo was succeeded by . He was also Honorary Colonel, 10th Parachute Battalion between 1973 and 1978 .

Retirement and family

Even after his retirement, Herbert John Mogg was involved in a variety of ways and was initially Chairman from 1976 and President of the Army Benevolent Fund from 1980 . He was also appointed Commissioner of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in 1976 and Governor of Bradfield College in 1977 . He was also Liveryman the Guild of fruiterer ( Worshipful Company of Fruiterers ) and in 1979 first deputy lieutenant (DL) before he 1979-1989 Lord Lieutenant Vice the county of Oxfordshire was.

Mogg married Cecilia Margaret Molesworth, daughter of John Hilton Molesworth and descendant of Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth , on June 29, 1939 . From this marriage the three sons John Nigel Ballard Mogg, Patrick Henry Molesworth Mogg and Reverend Timothy David Mogg were born. The eldest son, John Nigel Ballard Mogg, was Brigadier General of the Royal Green Jackets and Deputy Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 287
  2. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 67
  3. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 325
  4. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES
  5. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 200
  6. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 106
  7. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 73
  8. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 8
  9. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES
  10. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 130
personal data
SURNAME Mogg, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mogg, Herbert John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British general
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Chittoe Ranch, Comox , British Columbia , Canada
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 2001
Place of death Winterbrook Nursing Home, Cholsey , Oxfordshire , England