Hugh Hibbert (British Army officer)

Major-General Hugh Brownlow Hibbert DSO (10 December 1893 – 22 June 1988) was a senior British Army officer.

Hugh Hibbert
Born10 December 1893
Reading, Berkshire, England
Died22 June 1988 (aged 94)
Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1913–1946
RankMajor-General
Service number10488
UnitKing's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Commands held148th Infantry Brigade
55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsDistinguished Service Order

Military career

Born the son of Rear-Admiral Hugh Thomas Hibbert,[1] Hibbert entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from where he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, on 17 September 1913, shortly before the start of the First World War.[2]

He was deployed to eastern Norway in April 1940 and saw action during the Norwegian campaign during the Second World War for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order on 6 August 1940.[3] After being withdrawn from Norway in June 1940, he became commander of the 148th Infantry Brigade in Northern Ireland May 1941[4] and was engaged in operations to protecting the province from German invasion.[5] He went onto become General Officer Commanding 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division in the United Kingdom from May 1942 until August 1943, eventually retiring from the army in 1946, a year after the war ended.[6]

References
  1. "Letter from Major General W. R. Baring Pemberton to General Hibbert (Hugh Brownlow Hibbert)". National Archives. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  2. "No. 28756". The London Gazette. 16 September 1913. p. 6561.
  3. "No. 34914". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 August 1940. p. 4789.
  4. "Hibbert, Hugh Brownlow". Generals.dk. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  5. "Badge, formation, Home District, British Troops Northern Ireland". Imperial war Museum. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  6. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 30 May 2020.

Bibliography
  • Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.
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