Arthur Stewart-Cox
Arthur Stewart-Cox | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 April 1925 |
| Died | 11 November 2003 (aged 78) |
| Allegiance | 29th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery Wales |
| Battles/wars | Second World War Korean War |
| Awards | Distinguished Flying Cross |
Major-General Arthur George Ernest Stewart-Cox DFC (11 April 1925 – 11 November 2003) was a British Army
officer.
Military career
Stewart-Cox was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Stewart Cox (1888-1973) and Dorothea Stirling Sinclair May, daughter of Major-General Sir Edward Sinclair May (1856-1936). He was commissioned into the
29th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery in the late 1960s.[3] He went on to be Commander, Royal Artillery for 4th Division in 1970, Deputy Director of Army Manning at the Ministry of Defence in 1974 and General Officer Commanding Wales in 1978 before retiring in 1980.[4]
In 1953 he married Mary Pamela Lyttelton, daughter of the Hon. George Lyttelton; they had one daughter and three sons.[5]
References
- ^ "No. 36908". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 January 1945. p. 566.
- ^ "Major General Arthur Stewart Cox". The Times. 28 November 2003. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ "D Battery History". 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery Past and Present Members' Association. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ "Major-General Arthur George Ernest Stewart Cox". The Peerage. Retrieved 7 January 2019.