Ivor Hughes was born in Sussex, England, on 21 December 1897, the son of Revt.
10 Facts About Ivor Hughes
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Ivor Hughes joined the British Army during the First World War and, after entering the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, graduated on 16 August 1916, being commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Queen's.
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Ivor Hughes was to remain with the battalion for the rest of the war.
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Ivor Hughes was appointed as adjutant to the battalion in 1925 and returned with the battalion to England in 1927.
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Ivor Hughes then left the army and became Assistant Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons from 1935 to 1939.
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The Germans attacked in force and Ivor Hughes' battalion met them and were, for 36 hours, engaged in severe fighting, which resulted in the Germans breaking through on the battalion's flanks, forcing Ivor Hughes to order his battalion to retreat to avoid complete encirclement.
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Ivor Hughes remained with the brigade until early May 1941 when he returned to the 44th Division, then commanded by Major General Noel Mason-MacFarlane and serving in Kent, this time to command the 131st Brigade, fulfilling much the same role as the 219th Brigade had, that of beach defence.
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Ivor Hughes remained with the brigade until mid-March 1942 when he was promoted to major general and became General Officer Commanding of the 44th Division, succeeding Major General Horrocks, who received another appointment to become GOC of the 9th Armoured Division.
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Ivor Hughes was then, from 1944 to 1945, a member of the Military Liaison Mission to Greece, Yugoslavia, and Albania, and retired from the army, with the honorary rank of major general, in 1945.