Denis O'Connor (British Army officer)

Denis O'Connor (British Army officer)
For other people of a similar name, see Dennis O'Connor
Sir Denis O'Connor
Born 1907
Died 1988
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch Flag of the British Army.svg British Army
Rank Lieutenant-General
Commands held 63rd Medium Artillery Regiment
6th Armoured Division
Aldershot District
Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath

Lieutenant General Sir Denis Stuart Scott (Rory) O'Connor KBE CB (1907–1988) was General Officer Commanding Aldershot District.

Military career

O'Connor was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1927[1] and was deployed in India from 1929 to 1935.[1]

He served in World War II initially as an Instructor at the Staff College and then with 11th Armoured Division.[1] He was appointed Commanding Officer of 63rd Medium Artillery Regiment in North West Europe in 1944 and was then deployed with the 14th Army to Burma in 1945.[1]

After the War he became Director of Plans to the Supreme Allied Commander for South East Asia Command before becoming a Brigadier on the General Staff of Middle East Command in 1946.[1] He was appointed Chief Instructor at the Royal School of Artillery in 1951 and Commander Royal Artillery for 11th Armoured Division in 1953.[1]

He became Director of Plans at the War Office in 1955 and General Officer Commanding 6th Armoured Division in 1957.[1] He was made Chief Army Instructor at the Imperial Defence College in London in 1958 and GOC Aldershot District in 1960.[1] He was appointed Vice Chief of Defence Staff in 1962 and Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong in 1964.[1] He retired in 1966.[1]

References

Military offices
Preceded by
Roderick McLeod
GOC 6th Armoured Division
1957–1958
Succeeded by
Post Disbanded
Preceded by
Ronald Bramwell Davis
GOC Aldershot District
1960–1961
Succeeded by
John Metcalfe
Preceded by
Sir Richard Craddock
Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong
1964–1966
Succeeded by
Sir John Worsley

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