Reginald Hewetson

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Sir Reginald Hackett Hewetson , GCB , DSO (* 4. August 1908 in Shortlands, Bromley , Kent , England ; † 19th January 1993 ) was a British officer of the British Army , who most recently as General 1,964 to 1,967 Adjutant General of the Army (aide -General to the Forces) .

Life

Officer training, World War II and the post-war period

Reginald Hackett Hewetson began officer training at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich after attending Repton School . After graduating in 1928, he found numerous uses in the Royal Artillery of the British Army and served in the British-Indian Army between 1929 and 1935 . During World War II he was in 1942, first general staff officer for communication with the in North Africa used the First Army ( First Army ) and then 1942 and 1943 General Staff Officer I of the 78th Infantry Division also deployed there (78th Infantry Division) , the so-called "Battleaxe Division". This was followed between 1943 and 1944 as a commanding officer ( Commanding Officer ) of the 121st Field Regiment Royal Artillery in Italy and in 1944 as a commander of the 6th Field Regiment Royal Artillery , which was also used in Italy . After he was briefly commander of the artillery units of the 78th Infantry Division in 1944, he served between 1944 and 1945 as a brigadier general in the staff of the X Corps (X Corps) deployed in Italy and Greece .

After the end of the war he was Brigadier General on the staff of the British occupation forces in Austria from 1945 to 1947 and graduated from the Imperial Defense College (IDC) in 1949 . Once finished, was Brigadier General (Brigadier) Hewetson between January 1952 and November 1952 Deputy Head of Staff Services (Deputy Director of Army Staff Duties) in the Ministry of War ( War Office ) . He was then transferred to Germany , where he was in command of the artillery units of the 2nd Infantry Division from December 1952 to October 1955 . This was followed by Major General (Major-General) in March 1954 Hewetson succeeded Major General John d'Arcy Anderson as GOC ( General Officer Commanding ) of the 11th Armored Division (11th Armored Division) and remained in this use until the dissolution of the division in April 1956 Thereupon he became the first commanding general of the newly established 4th Division ( 4th Division ) in April 1955 and remained in this post until March 1958, whereupon Major General Gerald Hopkinson took his place. In September 1958 he succeeded Major General Nigel Poett in command of Staff College Camberley and held this position until his replacement by Major General Charles Harington in October 1961.

Promotion to general

Lieutenant General (Lieutenant General) Reginald Hewetson dissolved in December 1961 as the Commanding General of the Armed Forces in Hong Kong (Commander British Forces in Hong Kong) from. He stayed in this post until March 1963, when he was replaced by Lieutenant General Richard Craddock . During this time he was beaten on June 2, 1962 to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KBE) and from then on carried the suffix "Sir". He then succeeded General Nigel Poett again in April 1963, this time as Commander of the Land Forces in the Far East (Commander, British Far East Land Forces) . He held this position until June 1964 and was then replaced by Lieutenant General Alan Jolly .

Most recently, General Hewetson in October 1964. succeed General James Cassels as Adjutant General of the Army (Adjutant General to the Forces) and was up as such to his retirement in October 1967 and his subsequent replacement by General Geoffrey Musson in the Ministry of Defense responsible for the development of personnel policy and support for the army. During this time he also served 1966-1967 as aide-de-camp of Queen Elizabeth II. , And was also awarded on June 11, 1966, the Grand Cross ( Knight Grand Cross ) awarded the Order of the Bath (GCB). His daughter Kathleen Hewetson emerged from his marriage to Patricia Mabel Burkitt.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 24
  2. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 195
  3. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 208
  4. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 199
  5. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 292
  6. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 165
  7. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
  8. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 166
  9. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 7
  10. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
personal data
SURNAME Hewetson, Reginald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hewetson, Sir Reginald Hackett
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British general
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Shortlands, Bromley , Kent , England
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 1993