About Hugh Massy
Lived 1884 – 1965 (aged 81). Hugh Massy was a British military personnel.
Lieutenant-General Hugh Royds Stokes Massy, (5 January 1884 – 21 May 1965) was a British Army officer who served during the First and Second World Wars.
Military career Educated at Bradfield College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Massy was commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery as a second lieutenant on 24 December 1902. He served with the West African Frontier Force from 1907 and then became adjutant for 4th East Lancashire Brigade in 1913. He retired in 1943.
He was Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1945 to 1951, and High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1946.
Family In 1912 Massy married Maud Ina Nest Roch. They had one son and one daughter.
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Who was Hugh Massy?
British Army general (1884-1965)
When was Hugh Massy born?
Hugh Massy was born on 5 January 1884.
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Hugh Massy died on 21 May 1965.
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Hugh Massy was a military personnel.
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Hugh Massy was British.
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