Vyvyan Pope
Vyvyan Pope | |
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Second Lieutenant Pope in Cambridge in August 1914, shortly before embarking for France as the junior subaltern of the 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment | |
| Born | 30 September 1891 London, England |
| Died | 5 October 1941 (aged 50) |
| Buried | Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | British Army |
| Service years | 1911–1941 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Service number | 5475 |
| Unit | North Staffordshire Regiment Royal Tank Regiment |
| Commands | XXX Corps 3rd Armoured Brigade 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment |
| Conflicts | First World War Russian Civil War Anglo-Irish War Second World War |
| Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order Military Cross & Bar Mentioned in Despatches |
Lieutenant-General Vyvyan Vavasour Pope, CBE, DSO, MC & Bar (30 September 1891 – 5 October 1941) was a senior British Army officer who was prominent in developing ideas about the use of armour in battle in the interwar years, and who briefly commanded XXX Corps during the Second World War before dying in an air crash.