Willoughby Norrie, 1st Baron Norrie

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Lieutenant-General Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, 1st Baron Norrie, GCMG, GCVO, CB, DSO, MC & Bar (26 September 1893 – 25 May 1977), was a senior officer of the British Army who fought in both World Wars, following which he served terms as Governor of South Australia and the eighth Governor-General of New Zealand.

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Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie was born on 26 September 1893, the eldest son of Major George Edward Moke Norrie and of Beatrice, daughter of Andrew Stephen. He was educated at Eton and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. In 1913 he joined the 11th Hussars and served in the First World War where he was awarded the D.S.O., the M.C. and Bar, was twice mentioned in dispatches, and was wounded four times. He became, successively, a Staff Captain in the 73rd Infantry Brigade; third General Staff Officer in the XVIIIth Army Corps; Brigade Major in the 90th Infantry Brigade, and in the 2nd Tank Brigade; and second General Staff Officer in the 2nd Tank Corps. Source: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.

Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie was Governor of South Australia for seven years before taking up office in New Zealand. Source: https://gg.govt.nz/office-governor-general/history/former-governors...

Sources

1. New Zealand Government: https://gg.govt.nz/office-governor-general/history/former-governors...
2. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. 'NORRIE, First Baron; Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., C.B., D.S.O., M.C., K.St.J.', from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966. http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/1966/norrie-first-baron-sir-charles-wil... (accessed 02 Nov 2021)
3. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willoughby_Norrie,_1st_Baron_Norrie

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GCMG, GCVO, CB, DSO, MC & Bar (26 September 1893 – 25 May 1977) was a British Army general during World War II, following which he served terms as Governor of South Australia and the eighth Governor-General of New Zealand. After education at Eton and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst he was commissioned into the 11th Hussars in 1913.[14] He served in World War I where he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, the Military Cross and Bar, was twice mentioned in despatches, and was wounded four times. He became, successively, a Staff Captain in the 73rd Infantry Brigade; third General Staff Officer in the XVIIIth Army Corps; Brigade Major in the 90th Infantry Brigade, and in the 2nd Tank Brigade; and second General Staff Officer in the 2nd Tank Corps. In January 1919 he changed his name by deed poll from Moke-Norrie to Norrie.[15]
Between the wars he had a number of regimental and staff postings interrupted by a year at Staff College in 1924.[16] In 1931 he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and took command of the 11th Hussars[17] after which he was placed on the half-pay (inactive) list although promoted to full colonel in 1935.[18] In January 1936, still on the half pay list, Norrie took part in the funeral procession for King George V as one of the "Representative Colonels-Commandant and Colonels of His late Majesty's Regiments".[19] In April 1936 he was appointed to command the 1st Cavalry Brigade as a temporary brigadier.[20] His brigade was mechanised in 1938 and re-designated 1st Light Armoured Brigade, becoming the 1st Armoured Brigade in 1940.
On the outbreak of World War II Norrie continued to serve as commander of 1st Armoured Brigade. In April 1940 the brigade was part of 2nd Armoured Division which he was given temporary command of for a month between appointments of permanent commanders. Following this he was appointed acting major-general[21] and became Inspector of the Royal Armoured Corps. Four months later he became GOC 1st Armoured Division and was promoted to the permanent rank of major-general in June 1941.[22] In November 1941 the division was ordered to Egypt where Norrie found himself appointed acting lieutenant-general[23] to command XXX Corps in the place of Vyvyan Pope who had died in an air crash shortly before Norrie's arrival in Egypt.[24] He commanded XXX Corps during Operation Crusader with some success but his tanks suffered a heavy defeat at the Battle of Gazala in June 1942. He was criticised for his "cavalry" approach to armoured warfare and Eighth Army commander Claude Auchinleck replaced him in July. He returned to Britain to be appointed Commander of the Royal Armoured Corps in which role he was to give advice on armoured warfare to Bernard Paget, the C-in-C Home Forces. He continued as Paget's advisor when Paget became commander of 21st Army Group on its formation in July 1943 but when Bernard Montgomery assumed command early in 1944, he brought his own advisor.[25] In April 1944 Norrie was appointed Head of the Military Mission to the French Committee of National Liberation (CFLN) in Algiers, a post he held until the middle of 1944 when he was proposed by the Secretary of State for the Dominions to become Governor of South Australia.[26]
Norrie retired from the army in September 1944 to take up his post as Governor of South Australia. Although his substantive rank at this time was still major-general, he was given the honorary rank of lieutenant-general in retirement.