Hugh Borradaile

Major-General Hugh Alastair Borradaile, CB, DSO (22 June 1907 – 13 December 1993) was a British Army officer.

Hugh Borradaile
Born22 June 1907
Exeter, Devon, England[1]
Died13 December 1993 (aged 86)
Langport, Somerset, England[1]
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1926–1963
RankMajor-General
Service number38523
UnitDevonshire Regiment
Commands held5th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment
7th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
24th Infantry Brigade
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order

Military career

Borradaile was born on 22 June 1907.[2] He was commissioned into the Devonshire Regiment on 30 August 1926.[3] He commanded the 5th Battalion, the East Lancashire Regiment and then the 7th Battalion, the Somerset Light Infantry during the Normandy campaign in the Second World War.[2]

After the war he became Assistant Chief of Staff, Allied Control Commission Germany in 1945, commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment in 1946 and Deputy Chief of Intelligence Division, Allied Control Commission Germany in 1948.[2] He went on to become became Chief Administration Officer, Anti-Aircraft Command in October 1951, commander of 24th Infantry Brigade in September 1953 and Deputy Military Secretary at the War Office in July 1955.[2] After that he became General Officer Commanding 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division in October 1957 and Vice Adjutant-General at the War Office in February 1960 before retiring in March 1963.[4]

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1959 Birthday Honours[5] and was honorary colonel of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment from 1962 to 1967.[6]

In retirement he was Master of the Worshipful Company of Drapers from 1971 to 1972.[7]

References
  1. "Europeans In East Africa - View entry". www.europeansineastafrica.co.uk.
  2. "Borradaile, Hugh Alastair". Generals.dk. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. "No. 33198". The London Gazette. 3 September 1926. p. 5765.
  4. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  5. "No. 41727". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 June 1959. p. 3699.
  6. "Devonshire and Dorset Regiment". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 25 February 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. "Obituary: Maj-Gen Hugh Borradaile". The Independent. 4 January 1994. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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