27 November 1986(1986-11-27) (aged 83) Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1923–1964
Rank
General
Service number
23894
Unit
Royal Welch Fusiliers
Commands held
Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1960–64) I Corps (1954–56) Malaya (1952–54) 3rd Division (1950–52) Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (1948–50) 6th Airborne Division (1947–48) 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division (1946–47) 82nd (West Africa) Division (1945–46) 29th Independent Infantry Brigade (1943–45) 30th (East Africa) Infantry Brigade (1942–43) 2nd Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers (1942)
Battles/wars
Second World War Palestine Emergency Suez Crisis
Awards
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order & Bar Mentioned in Despatches (4)[1][2][3][4]
Other work
Colonel Royal Welch Fusiliers Colonel Malay Regiment Colonel Commandant, Army Air Corps[5]
General Sir Hugh Charles Stockwell, GCB, KBE, DSO & Bar (16 June 1903 – 27 November 1986) was a senior British Army officer most remembered for commanding the Anglo-French ground forces during the Suez Crisis and his service as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO from 1960 to 1964.
^"No. 35146". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 April 1941. p. 2424.
^"No. 36083". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 July 1943. p. 3090.
^"No. 37015". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 April 1945. p. 1815.
^"No. 38505". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 January 1949. p. 126.
^"No. 41254". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 December 1957. p. 7347.
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Guards and several of the Independent Companies under Lieutenant Colonel HughStockwell. In the evening of 27 May Bodø was bombed and strafed by the Luftwaffe...
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a civilian car later located by British forces. Lieutenant General HughStockwell, the British Task Force commander and commander of the British Army's...
contract was signed on 5 May 1971 at Tiverton Town Hall, when General Sir HughStockwell of the BWB also handed over a cheque for £38,750 to Colonel Eric Palmer...
Northern Command 1957–1960 Succeeded by Sir Michael West Preceded by Sir HughStockwell Adjutant General 1960–1963 Succeeded by Sir James Cassels Preceded by...
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