Field Marshal Sir Richard Amyatt Hull was a senior British Army officer. He was the last Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), holding the post from 1961 to 1964, and the first Chief of the General Staff (CGS), holding that post until 1965, and, as such, was the professional head of the British Army.
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Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery acknowledges the cheers of Belgian civilians during a tour of 5th Division in and around Ghent, 20 March 1945. Driving the car is Major-General Richard Hull, GOC of the 5th Division.
Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery poses for a group photograph with his staff and army, corps and divisional commanders at Walbeck, Germany, 22 March 1945. Pictured standing in the back row, on the far left, is Major-General Richard Hull.
An Australian soldier in action during the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation.
General Sir Richard Hull arrives at PAF Station Peshawar, greeted by Air Marshal Asghar Khan, 13 March 1963.
Hull (left), talking with Lieutenant Colonel J. C. H. Serette of Trinidad & Tobago (centre) and Major General Abdul Hamid Bin Bidin of Malaysia, 1964.Awards 3
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Field Marshal Sir Richard Amyatt Hull was a senior British Army officer. He was the last Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), holding the post from 1961 to 1964, and the first Chief of the General Staff (CGS), holding that post until 1965, and, as such, was the professional head of the British Army. He later became Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) from 1965 to 1967, the professional head of the entire British Armed Forces. He served with distinction during the Second World War, fighting from 1942 to 1945 in North Africa, Italy and Western Europe, became the youngest divisional commander in the British Army, and, after the war was over, he advised the British government on the response to the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation in the 1960s.
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