Vyvyan Pope

Vyvyan Pope
Second Lieutenant Vyvyan Pope photographed in Cambridge in August 1914, shortly before embarking for France as the junior subaltern of the 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment.
Born(1891-09-30)30 September 1891
London, England
Died5 October 1941(1941-10-05) (aged 50)
Buried
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1911–1941
RankLieutenant-General
Service number5475
UnitNorth Staffordshire Regiment
Royal Tank Regiment
Commands1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
3rd Armoured Brigade
XXX Corps
Battles / warsFirst World War
Russian Civil War
Anglo Irish War
Second World War
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross and Bar
Mentioned in despatches

Lieutenant-General Vyvyan Vavasour Pope CBE DSO MC & Bar (30 September 1891 – 5 October 1941) was a senior British Army officer who was prominent in developing ideas about the use of armour in battle in the interwar years, and who briefly commanded XXX Corps during the Second World War before dying in an air crash.