Michael O'Moore Creagh
Major General Sir Michael O'Moore Creagh KBE , MC (born May 16, 1892 in Biarritz , Province of Aquitaine , France , † 1970 ) was a British soldier in the two world wars .
Life
O'Moore Creagh, son of the future general Sir Garrett O'Moore Creagh , was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst . In 1911 he joined the 7th Queen's Own Hussars . In 1913 he was raised to the rank of lieutenant .
Between 1914 and 1915 he served as the aide-de-camp of the Home Forces division command . From 1917 to 1918 he was a staff officer in France.
Between 1919 and 1922 he was an adjutant to the 7th Queen's Own Hussars. As of 1924, was a major in the 15th / 19th The King's Royal Hussars . From 1929 to 1931 he served in the War Ministry as a general staff officer. From 1934 to 1938 he was in command of 15 / 19th The King's Royal Hussars. In 1939 he served as Colonel and Inspector of the Royal Tank Corps in the War Department.
From 1939 to 1941 he was in command of the 7th Panzer Division . He led this in the first years of the Africa campaign ( Operation Compass , Operation Battleaxe ) with varying successes. In 1941 he was promoted to major general. In 1941 and 1942 he commanded the 3 Armored Group in his home country. In 1944 O'Moore Creagh retired. He then worked for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration until 1946 , including in Greece .
Web links
- Career stations at the Liddell Hart Center for Military Archives
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sir Garrett O'Moore Creagh: The Autobiography of General Sir O'Moore Creagh, VC, GCB, GCSI Hutchinson & Company Verlag, 1924, p. 190.
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| SURNAME | Creagh, Michael O'Moore |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Creagh, Sir Michael O'Moore |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British soldier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Biarritz |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1970 |