Richard Hull

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Sir Richard Amyatt Hull , KG , GCB (born May 7, 1907 in Cosham , Hampshire ; † September 17, 1989 in Pinhoe , Devon ) was a British Army officer who served as General between 1961 and 1964 as Chief of the Imperial General Staff and then from 1964 to 1965 was Chief of the General Staff of the British Army. He then served as Field Marshal (Field Marshal) from 1965 to 1967 Chief of Defense Staff of the British Armed Forces ( Chief of the Defense Staff ) . Later, he served from 1970 to 1975 as Constable of the Tower (Constable of the Tower) and was the highest officer of the Tower of London . He was also Lord Lieutenant of the County of Devon between 1978 and 1982 .

Life

Officer training and World War II

Richard Mr. Amyatt Hull, only son and youngest of three children of Major General Charles Patrick Mr. Amyatt Hull , completed his education at the prestigious Charterhouse School and then began studying at Trinity College of the University of Cambridge . However, he broke this off and began officer training at the Royal Military College Sandhurst . After graduation, he was in 1926 Lieutenant (Second Lieutenant) in the 17th / 21st Lancers Cavalry Regiment . After numerous uses as an officer and staff officer he was during the Second World War in 1941 finally commander ( Commanding Officer ) of the Cavalry Regiment 17th / 21st Lancers . After serving as General Staff Officer 1 of the 1st Canadian Armored Division , he was appointed Brigadier General (Brigadier) commander of the 12th Armored Infantry Brigade deployed in North Africa on April 17, 1943 and remained in this position for the 17th June 1943. He was then between June 19 and September 29, 1943 and again from October 10 to December 18, 1943 commander of the 26th Armored Brigade, also deployed in North Africa .

In December 1943 returned Hull back to the UK and was there until August 1944 Deputy Head of Staff of the Army Services (Deputy Director of Army Staff Duties) in the Ministry of War ( War Office ) . Subsequently, he has served as the Major General (Major-General) on August 14, 1944 Major General Alexander Galloway as Commanding General ( General Officer Commanding ) of the Eighth Army ( Eighth Army ) belonging to the 1st Armored Division ( 1st Armored Division ) in Italy , and remained on this post until November 24, 1944. He himself was in turn, as the successor to Major General Philip Gregson-Ellis from November 24, 1944 until his replacement by Major General Philip Gregson-Ellis in May 1946, Commander of the 5th Infantry Division , with which he was deployed in Italy, the Middle East and Northwest Europe .

Post-war period and promotion to general

After his return, Major General Richard Hull succeeded Major General Philip Gregson-Ellis again as Commandant of Staff College Camberley on April 27, 1946 and held this position until September 1948, when Major General Alfred Dudley Ward took over from there. He in turn took over from Major General Lewis Lyne in September 1948 as director of staff services in the War Office (Director of Staff Duties, War Office) and remained in this position until his replacement by Major General Edric Bastyan in November 1950. He was then succeeded in January 1951 by Major General William Oliver as Chief Army Instructor at Imperial Defense College (IDC) in London and held this post until December 1952, when Major General Cecil Fairbanks succeeded him. In January 1953, he replaced Major General Douglas Packard as Chief of the General Staff, Middle East Land Forces, and held this position until his replacement by Major General Edward Benson in June 1954.

In June 1954 Richard Hull was as a lieutenant general (Lieutenant General) succeeds Lieutenant General Francis Festing the last Commanding General of British troops in Egypt (General Officer Commanding British Troops in Egypt) of and held that role until the resolution of the command just before the start Suez Crisis in March 1956. In this use he was beaten on January 2, 1956 to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB), so that from then on he had the suffix "Sir". In October 1956 he again succeeded Lieutenant General Alfred Dudley Ward, this time as Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff . In this use, he remained until his replacement by Lt. Gen. Harold Pyman in May 1958. Hull was promoted after the General and took over in June 1958 by General Francis Festing the post of commander in chief of the land forces in the Far East (General Officer Commanding-in-Chief , Far East Land Forces) . In this function he was replaced by General Nigel Poett in June 1961 and was also raised to the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) on June 10, 1961 .

Chief of the Imperial General Staff and Chief of the Defense Staff

After Sir Richard Hull returned to Great Britain, he became the last Chief of the Imperial General Staff in June 1961, replacing General Francis Festing again in this post. At the same time he was aide-de-camp of Queen Elizabeth II from 1961 to 1964 and after the abolition of the post of Chief of the Imperial General Staff in 1964 became Chief of the General Staff of the British Army. He held this position until February 1965 and was then replaced by General James Cassels .

On July 16, 1965 Hull was as Field Marshal (Field Marshal) Chief of Defense Staff of the British Armed Forces (Chief of the Defense Staff) and succeeds Commodore (Admiral of the Fleet) Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma . He held this top post until his retirement on August 4, 1967, and was then replaced by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Elworthy .

Constable of the Tower of London and Lord Lieutenant of Devon

In August 1970, Sir Richard Amyatt Hull succeeded Field Marshal Gerald Templer as Constable of the Tower of London , making him the highest officer of the Tower of London. He held this office until July 1975 and was then replaced by Field Marshal Geoffrey Harding Baker . On October 5, 1978, he succeeded Massey Lopes, 2nd Baron Roborough, the office of Lord Lieutenant of the County of Devon and held this until May 10, 1982, whereupon John Parker, 6th Earl of Morley succeeded him. On April 23, 1980 he was accepted as a Knight Companion in the Order of the Garter (KG).

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  1. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 274
  2. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 25
  3. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 222
  4. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 218
  5. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 321
  6. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 23
  7. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 330
  8. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 161
  9. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 164
  10. ↑ a b c KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
  11. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 17
  12. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 6
  13. ↑ MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND TRI-SERVICE SENIOR APPOINTMENTS, p. 5
  14. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 122
  15. ↑ KNIGHTS OF THE GARTER (leighrayment.com)
personal data
SURNAME Hull, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hull, Sir Richard Amyatt (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Field Marshal General
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Cosham , Hampshire
DATE OF DEATH 17th September 1989
Place of death Pinhoe , Devon