Ivor Hughes

Major General Sir Ivor Thomas Percival Hughes, KCVO, CB, CBE, DSO, MC, DL (21 December 1897 – 1962) was a senior British Army officer who, during the Second World War, commanded the 44th (Home Counties) Division during the Battle of Alam el Halfa in September 1942.

Hughes was born in Sussex, England and was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire. He 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 (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Soon afterwards he was sent to the Western Front, where he joined the 1st Battalion, then serving in the 100th Brigade of the 33rd Division, later transferring to the 19th Brigade. He was to remain with the battalion for the rest of the war. During his service in Belgium and France, where he was twice wounded, he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Military Cross.