Richard Fyffe

Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Alan Fyffe KBE CB DSO MC (12 August 1912 – 24 December 1972) was Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Intelligence).

Sir Richard Fyffe
Born12 August 1912
Died24 December 1972 (aged 60)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankLieutenant-General
Commands held1st Bn Rifle Brigade
61st Lorried Infantry Brigade
11th Infantry Brigade
Army Air Corps
54th (East Anglian) Division/District
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross
The gravestone of Richard and Diana Fyffe in the chuchyard of St Mary Magdalene, Great Hampden, March 2020

Military career

Fyffe was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade in 1932.[1]

He served in World War II initially as a General Staff Officer and then with his Regiment in North Africa and Italy.[1] He earned his Military Cross in North Africa in 1943.[2]

After the War he joined the Directing Staff at the Staff College, Camberley before moving to General Headquarters, Far East Land Forces in 1947.[1] He was appointed Assistant Adjutant General at the War Office in 1950 and then Commanding Officer of 1st Bn Rifle Brigade in 1953.[1] He was made Commander of 61st Lorried Infantry Brigade in 1955 and Commander of 11th Infantry Brigade in 1956.[1]

He was appointed Deputy Military Secretary at the War Office in 1957 and Brigadier commanding the Army Air Corps in 1960.[1] He moved on to be Director of Public Relations at the War Office in 1961 and General Officer Commanding 54th (East Anglian) Division/District of the Territorial Army in July 1963.[1] He was made Head of the British Army Staff at Washington D. C. in 1965.[1]

He was appointed Director of Service Intelligence in 1967 and Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Intelligence) at the Ministry of Defence in 1968; he retired in 1971.[1]

References

  1. "Fyffe, Richard". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archive. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  2. "No. 35969". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 April 1943. p. 1619.
Military offices
Preceded by
Ian Freeland
GOC 54th (East Anglian) Division/District
1963–1965
Succeeded by
Fergus Ling
Preceded by
Sir Harold Maguire
Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Intelligence)
1968–1971
Succeeded by
Sir Louis Le Bailly
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