Denis O'Connor (British Army officer)

Sir Denis O'Connor
Sir Denis O'Connor
Born	2 July 1907; Simla, India
Died	18 January 1988 (aged 80); Surrey, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1927–1966
Rank	Lieutenant General
Service number	38415
Unit	Royal Artillery
Commands held	British Forces in Hong Kong; Aldershot District; 6th Armoured Division; 63rd Medium Artillery Regiment
Battles/wars	Second World War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Companion of the Order of the Bath; Mentioned in Despatches

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Lieutenant General Sir Denis Stuart Scott (Rory) O'Connor, KBE, CB (2 July 1907 – 18 January 1988) was a senior British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding Aldershot District from 1960 to 1961.

Military career[edit]

After attendimg the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, O'Connor was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in September 1927,^[1]^[2] and was deployed in India from 1929 to 1935.^[2]

O'Connor served in the Second World War, initially as an instructor at the Staff College, Camberley and then with the 11th Armoured Division.^[2] He was appointed Commanding Officer of 63rd Medium Artillery Regiment in North West Europe in 1944 and was then deployed with the Fourteenth Army to Burma in 1945.^[2]

After the war O'Connor 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.^[2] After attending the Imperial Defence College in 1950,^[3] he was appointed Chief Instructor at the Royal School of Artillery in 1951 and Commander Royal Artillery for 11th Armoured Division in 1953.^[2]

O'Connor became Director of Plans at the War Office in 1955 and General Officer Commanding 6th Armoured Division in 1957.^[2] He was made Chief Army Instructor at the Imperial Defence College in London in 1958 and GOC Aldershot District in 1960.^[2] He was appointed Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff in 1962 and Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong in 1964.^[4] He retired in 1966.^[2]

References[edit]

↑ "No. 33308". The London Gazette. 2 September 1927. p. 5674.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 ^2.8 Sir Denis Stuart Scott (Rory) O'Connor Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
↑ "O'Connor, Denis Stuart Scott". Generals.dk. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
↑ Legislative Committee Minutes

External links[edit]

Generals of World War II

Military offices
Preceded by Roderick McLeod	GOC 6th Armoured Division 1957–1958	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

[1] "No. 33308". The London Gazette. 2 September 1927. p. 5674.

[lh-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 ^2.8 Sir Denis Stuart Scott (Rory) O'Connor Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

[3] "O'Connor, Denis Stuart Scott". Generals.dk. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

[4] Legislative Committee Minutes

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