Denis O'Connor (British Army officer)

Lieutenant General Sir Denis Stuart Scott (Rory) O'Connor KBE CB (2 July 1907 – 18 January 1988) was General Officer Commanding Aldershot District.

Sir Denis O'Connor
Born2 July 1907
Simla, India
Died18 January 1988(1988-01-18) (aged 80)
Surrey, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankLieutenant-General
Commands held63rd Medium Artillery Regiment
6th Armoured Division
Aldershot District
Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath

Military career

O'Connor was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1927[1] and was deployed in India from 1929 to 1935.[1]

He served in the Second World War, initially as an Instructor at the Staff College and then with 11th Armoured Division.[1] He was appointed Commanding Officer of 63rd Medium Artillery Regiment in North West Europe in 1944 and was then deployed with the 14th Army to Burma in 1945.[1]

After the War he became Director of Plans to the Supreme Allied Commander for South East Asia Command before becoming a Brigadier on the General Staff of Middle East Command in 1946.[1] He was appointed Chief Instructor at the Royal School of Artillery in 1951 and Commander Royal Artillery for 11th Armoured Division in 1953.[1]

He became Director of Plans at the War Office in 1955 and General Officer Commanding 6th Armoured Division in 1957.[1] He was made Chief Army Instructor at the Imperial Defence College in London in 1958 and GOC Aldershot District in 1960.[1] He was appointed Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff in 1962 and Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong in 1964.[2] He retired in 1966.[1]

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References
  1. Sir Denis Stuart Scott (Rory) O'Connor Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  2. Legislative Committee Minutes
Military offices
Preceded by
Roderick McLeod		 GOC 6th Armoured Division
1957–1958		 Succeeded by
Post Disbanded
Preceded by
Ronald Bramwell-Davis		 GOC Aldershot District
1960–1961		 Succeeded by
John Francis Metcalfe
Preceded by
Sir Richard Craddock		 Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong
1964–1966		 Succeeded by
Sir John Worsley
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