Montagu Stopford
| Sir Montagu Stopford | |
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Sir Montagu Stopford c.1945
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| Born | 16 November 1892 Hanover Square, London |
| Died | 10 March 1971 (aged 78) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1911–1949 |
| Rank | General |
| Unit | Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) |
| Commands held |
17th Infantry Brigade 56th (London) Infantry Division Staff College, Camberley XII Corps XXXIII Indian Corps Twelfth Army South East Asia Command Northern Command |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order Military Cross Mentioned in dispatches |
General Sir Montagu George North Stopford GCB, KBE, DSO, MC (16 November 1892 – 10 March 1971) was a senior British Army officer who fought during both World War I and World War II, where he became Commander-in-Chief South East Asia Command from 1946 to 1947.
Stopford was the son of Colonel Sir Lionel Arthur Montagu Stopford, and the great-grandson of James Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown. His mother was Mabel Georgina Emily, daughter of George Alexander Mackenzie. He was educated at Wellington College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned as 2nd lieutenant into the Rifle Brigade in 1911, serving with the 2nd Battalion of the regiment in India until 1914.
He fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Military Cross, having entered France as a lieutenant with the 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) on 6 November 1914 (Medal Index Card, Kew, England), and become G.S.O.3 of the 56th (London) Division, Territorial Force, on 10 June 1916, as a captain. On 6 December 1916 he became the Brigade-Major of the 56th Division's 167th (1st London) Brigade, a post which he held thru to 25 March 1918 ('56th Division' by C. Dudley-Ward, Pub. 1921). He ended the war with the substantive rank of major.
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