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Iddon, Denis James	see:	British Army officers' section
Ismay, Sir Hastings Lionel; 1st Baron Ismay of Wormington (Lord Ismay) (created 14.01.1947) Younger son of late Sir Stanley Ismay, KCSI. Married (1921) Laura Kathleen, only daughter of late H.G. Clegg, of Wormington Grange, Broadway, Worcestershire; three daughters. ° Wikipedia ° papers	21.06.1887 Naini Tal, India - 17.12.1965 Broadway, Worcestershire	2nd Lt. 05.08.1905 [56507] Lt. 05.11.1907 Capt. 05.08.1914 T/Maj. 31.10.1917-31.03.1919 Bt. Maj. 01.01.1918 Maj. 05.08.1920 T/Lt.Col. 01.04.1919-17.11.1920 Bt. Lt.Col. 01.07.1928 Lt.Col. 05.08.1931 Col. 01.08.1933, seniority 01.07.1931 local Maj.Gen. 31.08.1938-15.04.1939 Maj.Gen. 16.04.1939 local Lt.Gen. 20.09.1941-08.10.1941 Lt.Gen. 16.08.1942 Gen. 01.04.1944 (supernumerary 01.04.1944) (retd 1946) KG 1957 ? GCB 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 46 CH 17.08.1945 Chief of Staff to Churchill KCB 11.07.1940 ? CB 1931 ? DSO 1920 ? PC 1951; DL; Hon. LLD (QUB), 1951, Bristol 1952, Cambridge 1957	Education: Charterhouse; RMC, Sandhurst; psc, fs 05.08.1905 commissioned, Unattached List 11.12.1906 commissioned, Indian Army 1907 joined 21st Cavalry (Frontier Force) 1908 served N.W. Frontier of India 01.08.1914 - 30.10.1917 employed with the King's African Rifles 31.10.1917 - 31.03.1919 employed with Somaliland Indian Contingent 01.04.1919 - 17.11.1920 employed with Somaliland Camel Corps (despatches twice, Brevet majority, DSO) 1922 Staff College, Quetta 01.02.1923 - 11.02.1924 Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General (DAQMG), India 1924 RAF Staff College, Andover 01.09.1925 - 03.01.1926 Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General (DAQMG), India 04.01.1926 - 14.10.1930 Assistant Secretary to Committee of Imperial Defence (General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) to 22.04.1929, GSO1 to 14.10.1930) 19.04.1931 - 31.07.1933 Military Secretary to His Excellency the Viceroy & Governor-General of India (Lord Willington) 01.08.1933 - 04.08.1936 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), War Office (London) 1936 - 30.08.1938 Deputy Secretary Committee of Imperial Defence 31.08.1938 - 08.10.1941 specially employed: 31.08.1938 - 05.1940 Secretary Committee of Imperial Defence 05.1940 - 1945 Deputy Secretary (Military) to the War Cabinet [and as such Chief of Staff to Minister of Defence (Winston Churchill)] 1945 Additional Secretary (Military) of the Cabinet 03.1947 - 11.1947 Chief of Staff Viceroy of India (Earl Mountbatten of Burma) Festival of Britain, 1948-1951 (Chairman of Council, 1951); Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, 1951-1952; Secretary-General of North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1952-1957; Vice-Chairman of North Atlantic Council, 1952-1956, Chairman of North Atlantic Council, 1956-1957. Chairman, Royal National Inst. for the Blind, 1946-1952, President, 1952-1964. Formerly Director: Portals Ltd; Lloyds Bank Ltd; Commercial Union Assurance Co. Ltd; Ashanti Goldfields Corp. Ltd; Bibiani (1927) Ltd Grand Officer, Legion of Honour (France); Commander, US Legion of Merit; KStJ. Governor of Sutton's Hospital in Charterhouse; Hon. Freeman, Borough of Cheltenham, 1951 Published: The Memoirs of General the Lord Ismay (1960)

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