John Mogg (British Army officer)

General

Sir John Mogg

GCB, CBE, DSO*
Birth nameHerbert John Mogg
Born(1913-02-13)13 February 1913
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada[1]
Died28 October 2001(2001-10-28) (aged 88)
Watlington, Oxfordshire, England[1]
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1937−1976
RankGeneral
Service number73153
UnitOxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Royal Green Jackets
Commands9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
10th Battalion, Parachute Regiment
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
I Corps
Strategic Command
Battles/warsSecond World War
Malayan Emergency
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order & Bar
Spouse(s)
Cecilia Margaret Molesworth
(m. 1939)
[2]

General Sir Herbert John Mogg, GCB, CBE, DSO* (17 February 1913 – 28 October 2001) was a senior British Army officer who also held the NATO position of Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR)[3] and was "in his time, probably the British army's most popular general".[3]

  1. ^ a b "General Sir John Mogg GCB CBE DSO & Bar". 17 February 1913.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference PeerageNews was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Carver, Michael (3 November 2001). "General Sir John Mogg—Ebullient military commander involved in Britain's conflicts from Malaya to Northern Ireland". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 10 September 2008.