Charles Phibbs Jones
General Sir Charles Jones | |
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![]() Jones (left) accepting the surrender of General Ayabe inKuala Lumpur,1945. | |
Born | Kenmare,County Kerry,Ireland | 29 June 1906
Died | 4 January 1988 Amesbury,Salisbury,Wiltshire,England | (aged 81)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1925–1967 |
Rank | General |
Service number | 34845 |
Unit | Royal Engineers |
Commands | Northern Command(1962–63) I Corps(1960–62) Staff College, Camberley(1954–56) 7th Armoured Division(1951–53) 2nd Infantry Brigade(1948–50) |
Battles/wars | Second World War Palestine Emergency |
Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross Mentioned in Despatches Order of Leopold II(Belgium) Croix de Guerre(Belgium) |
Relations | GeneralSir Edward Jones(son) |
GeneralSir Charles Phibbs Jones,GCB,CBE,MC(29 June 1906 – 4 January 1988) was aBritish Armyofficer who reached high office in the 1950s.
Military career
[edit]Charles Jones wascommissionedinto theRoyal Engineerson 3 September 1925.[1][2][3]He saw service with theRoyal Bombay Sappers and Minersin India between 1928 and 1934 and then becameadjutantfor the Royal Engineers Contingent within the42nd (East Lancashire) Divisionin 1934.[3]
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Jones served in theSecond World War,initially as brigade major for the 127th Infantry Brigade, commanded by BrigadierJohn Smyth,which formed part of theBritish Expeditionary Forcedispatched to France and Belgium in 1940.[3]Following this, he was an instructor at the Staff College from 1940 to 1941, when he became ageneral staff officerat General Headquarters Home Forces.[3]In 1943 he was appointedCommanderRoyal Engineersfor theGuards Armoured Division.[3]He becameChief of StaffMalaya Commandin 1945 and thenbrigadieron the general staff ofXXX Corpsin North West Europe in 1945.[3]
After the war, Jones was appointed brigadier on the general staff atWestern Commandin 1946.[3]He then went to theImperial Defence Collegein 1947 before being appointed commander2nd Infantry Brigadein 1948.[3]In 1950 he became director of plans at theWar Officeand in 1951 he went on to begeneral officer commanding7th Armoured Division,part ofBritish Army of the Rhine.[3]
Jones wascommandantat theStaff College, Camberleyfrom 1954 to 1956 and then vice attorney general at theWar Officefrom 1957 to 1958.[3]He then became director of the Combined Military Planning Staff at theCentral Treaty Organisationin 1959 and general officer commanding1 British Corpsin 1960.[3]He was general officer commanding-in-chiefNorthern Commandfrom 1962 to 1963, when he becameMaster-General of the Ordnance;he retired in 1967.[3]
Jones was alsocolonel commandantof the Royal Engineers from 1961 to 1972.[3]He wasChief Royal Engineerfrom 1972 to 1977.[4]
His son was GeneralSir Edward Joneswho, like his father, became a member of the Army Board.[5]
Retirement
[edit]In retirement Jones was governor of theRoyal Hospital Chelseafrom 1969 to 1975,[6][7]and National President of theBritish Legionfrom 1970 to 1981.[3]
References
[edit]- ^"No. 33129".The London Gazette.2 February 1926. p. 792.
- ^"No. 33151".The London Gazette.16 April 1926. p. 2619.
- ^abcdefghijklmnSir Charles Phibbs JonesLiddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^"No. 45718".The London Gazette(Supplement). 3 July 1972. p. 7979.
- ^Obituary: General Sir Edward JonesThe Times, 17 May 2007
- ^"No. 44885".The London Gazette(Supplement). 1 July 1969. p. 6782.
- ^"No. 46651".The London Gazette(Supplement). 5 August 1975. p. 9952.
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[edit]- 1906 births
- 1988 deaths
- Academics of the Staff College, Camberley
- Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies
- British Army generals
- British Army brigadiers of World War II
- British military personnel of the Palestine Emergency
- Commandants of the Staff College, Camberley
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
- Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
- People educated at Portora Royal School
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- Royal Engineers officers
- Military personnel from County Kerry
- People from Kenmare