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Major-General
Sir Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobart
KBE
CB
DSO
MC
(14 June 1885–19 February 1957), also known as
"Hobo"
, was a
British
military engineer
, noted for his command of the
79th Armoured Division
during
World War II
. He was responsible for many of the specialised armoured vehicles ("
Hobart's Funnies
") that took part in the
invasion of Normandy
and later actions.
Early life
Hobart was born in
Naini Tal
,
India
, the son of Robert T. Hobart, Indian Civil Service (ICS), and Janetta Stanley of Roughan Park,
County Tyrone
. His sister,
Elizabeth
, later married the World War II
Field Marshal
,
Bernard Montgomery
. In his youth he studied history, painting, literature and church architecture. He was educated at Temple Grove School and
Clifton College
, and in 1904 he graduated from the
Royal Military Academy
at
Woolwich
and was commissioned into the
Corps of Royal Engineers
. He was first sent to
India
, but during
World War I
he served in
France
and
Mesopotamia
(now
Iraq
).
He took part in the
Waziristan campaign 1919–1920
when British and Indian Army forces put down unrest in local tribes.
In 1923, foreseeing the predominance of tank warfare, Hobart...
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