Richard Hull

Field Marshal Sir Richard Hull
Sir Richard Hull, pictured here in 1962 as a full general
Born	(1907-05-07)7 May 1907 Cosham, Hampshire, England
Died	17 September 1989(1989-09-17) (aged 82) Pinhoe, Devon, England
Buried	St. Michael and All Angels Cemetery, Pinhoe, Devon, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1926–1967
Rank	Field Marshal
Service number	36442
Unit	17th/21st Lancers
Commands held	Chief of the Defence Staff (1965–67) Chief of the General Staff (1961–65) Far East Land Forces (1958–61) British Troops in Egypt (1954–56) Staff College, Camberley (1946–48) 5th Infantry Division (1944–46) 1st Armoured Division (1944) 26th Armoured Brigade (1943) 12th Infantry Brigade (1943) 17th/21st Lancers (1941–42)
Battles/wars	Second World War Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
Awards	Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches
Relations	Sir Charles Hull (father)
Other work	Constable of the Tower of London (1970–75)

Field Marshal Sir Richard Amyatt Hull, KG, GCB, DSO, DL (7 May 1907 – 17 September 1989) 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,^[1] and, after the war was over, he advised the British government on the response to the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation in the 1960s.