- Gordon Macready
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Sir Gordon Macready Born 5 April 1891 Died 17 October 1956 Allegiance 
United KingdomService/branch 
British ArmyRank Lieutenant General Battles/wars World War I
World War IIAwards Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
Military CrossLieutenant-General Sir Gordon Nevil Macready, 2nd Baronet KBE CB CMG DSO MC (5 April 1891 – 17 October 1956) was a British Army officer who served as Assistant chief of the Imperial General Staff during World War II.
Military career
Born the son of General Sir Nevil Macready, Macready joined the Royal Engineers[1] and served on the Western Front during World War I becoming Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster General for 66th Division in 1917.[2] After the War he became Assistant Adjutant General for the British Military Mission to Berlin.[2] He was appointed Assistant Secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence in 1926, Deputy Director of Staff Duties at the War Office in 1936 and Head of the British Military Mission to Egypt in 1938.[3] He served in World War II as Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff from October 1940[4] and as Head of the British Army mission in Washington D. C. from 1942 until his retirement in 1946.[5]
In retirement he became Regional Commissioner for Lower Saxony in 1946, British Chairman of the Economic Control Office for the British and American Zones of Germany in 1947 and then Economic Advisor to the UK High Commissioner in 1949.[2]
He is author of the book "In the wake of the great" published by Clowes in 1965.[6]
Family
In 1920 he married Elisabeth Pauline Sabine Marie de Noailles; they had one son.[7]
References
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29438. p. 584. 11 January 1916. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
- ^ a b c Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ Generals.dk
- ^ Army Commands
- ^ Citation Accompanying the Legion of Merit Awarded to Lieutenant General Sir Gordon N. Macready
- ^ Amazon.com
- ^ Angelfire
Baronetage of the United Kingdom Preceded by
Nevil MacreadyBaronet
(of Cheltenham)
1946–1956Succeeded by
Nevil John Wilfrid MacreadyCategories:- 1891 births
- 1956 deaths
- British Army World War II generals
- Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- Royal Engineers officers
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