John Anderson (British Army officer)

Sir John Anderson
General Sir John Anderson
Born	1908 Downpatrick, Ireland
Died	1988 (aged 79–80)
Allegiance
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1929–1968
Rank	General
Unit	5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
Commands held	11th Armoured Division Royal Armoured Corps
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order

General Sir John D'Arcy Anderson GBE, KCB, DSO (1908–1988) was a British Army officer who reached high office in the 1960s.

He was born the only son of Reginald D'Arcy Anderson and educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford.

Anderson was commissioned into the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards in 1929. He served in World War II in France, the Middle East and Italy.

After the War he was appointed General Officer Commanding 11th Armoured Division in Germany in 1955 and then Chief of Staff at Headquarters Northern Army Group and British Army of the Rhine in 1956. He became Director of the Royal Armoured Corps in 1958 and Director General of Military Training at the War Office in 1959.

He was appointed Deputy Chief of Imperial General Staff in 1961 and Military Secretary in 1963. Finally he became Commandant of the Imperial Defence College in 1966; he retired in 1968. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1961 New Year Honours.