Background
CASSELS, Archibald James lHalkett was born on February 28, 1907 in Quetta, then in India. Son of late General Sir Robert A. Cassels and the late Lady Florence E. Cassels.
CASSELS, Archibald James lHalkett was born on February 28, 1907 in Quetta, then in India. Son of late General Sir Robert A. Cassels and the late Lady Florence E. Cassels.
Rugby School and Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Served Second World War, G.O.C. 51st Highland Division 1945, G.O.C. 6th Airborne 1946. G.O.C. 1st British Commonwealth Division, of Korea 1951-1952. Commander 1st British Corps 1953-1954.
Director-General of Military
Training, War Office 1954-1957. Director of Operations, Malaya 1957-1959.
G.O.C.-in-C. Eastern Command 1959. Commander in Chief British Army of the Rhine and Commander North Atlantic Treaty Organization Northern Army Group 1960-1963.
Adjutant-General to the Forces 1963-1965.
Chief of General Staff 1965-1968.
Married 1st Joyce Kirk in 1935 (died in 1978), one son. Married 2nd Joyce Dickson in 1978.