British Army general (1908–1977)
Major General Reginald Geoffrey Stirling Hobbs , CB DSO OBE British Army officer who served as Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst from 1954 to 1957.
Early life
Hobbs was the eldest son of Brigadier General Reginald Francis Arthur Hobbs and Frances Graham Stirling, daughter of Sir William Stirling . His brothers, Major Peter Graham Hobbs (1911–1942) and Lieutenant Colonel William Paul Hobbs (1914–1943), were both killed in action in the Second World War.[ 1]
Military career
Staff officers of the 21st Army Group , June 1944. Colonel R. G. S. Hobbs, wearing peaked cap , is stood third from the right in the back row. Hobbs was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1928.[ 2] rugby for England against South Africa at Twickenham in 1932,[ 3] [ 2] Second World War , becoming commanding officer of the 104th Regiment (Essex Yeomanry), Royal Horse Artillery in the Western Desert taking part in the Battle of El Alamein in 1942 and then being deployed to North West Europe as a General Staff Officer.[ 2]
After the war, Hobbs was chief of staff for Combined Operations.[ 2] 1st Division in the Middle East .[ 2] 2nd Infantry Brigade in 1951, Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1954 and Director of the Royal Artillery at the War Office in 1957.[ 2] General Officer Commanding 1st Division in 1959 before retiring in 1960.[ 2]
In retirement Hobbs was President of the Regular Commissions Board , Honorary Colonel of the Essex Yeomanry and Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1963 to 1968.[ 2] Oban in Argyllshire .[ 4]
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