John Anderson (British Army officer)
Sir John Anderson | |
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Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order |
Early life
John D'Arcy Anderson was born on 23 September 1908 in Downpatrick, Ireland, the only son of Reginald D'Arcy Anderson. He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford.[3]
Military career
Anderson was
Second World War in France, the Middle East and Italy.[4]
After the war Anderson was appointed
Chief of Staff at Headquarters Northern Army Group and British Army of the Rhine in 1956.[4] He became Director of the Royal Armoured Corps in 1958 and Director General of Military Training at the War Office in 1959.[4]
Anderson was appointed Deputy Chief of Imperial General Staff in 1961 and Military Secretary in 1963.[4] Finally he became Commandant of the Imperial Defence College in 1966; he retired in 1968.[4] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1961 New Year Honours.[5]
Anderson was also the first
Silver Jubilee visit to Northern Ireland in 1977.[6] A purpose-built operations centre for the UDR was built at Ballykinler army base and named in honour of the general who was known as "The father of the UDR".[7]
From 1962 to 1967 Anderson was Colonel of the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards.[8]
Public service
Anderson was appointed
High Sheriff of County Down for 1974.[9]
Family life
Anderson married Elizabeth Antoinette Merrifield Walker. They had no children.[3]
References
- ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007
- ^ "Deaths". The Times. 19 April 1988.
- ^ a b "Reginald D'Arcy Anderson (1880–1917)". Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ "No. 42231". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 December 1960. p. 8891.
- ^ Victor Patterson
- ISBN 0-413-64800-1p70
- ^ "5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 27 February 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "No. 2968". The Belfast Gazette. 11 January 1974. p. 13.