Robert Hinde (British Army officer)


Sir Robert Hinde

Nickname"Looney"
Born(1900-06-25)25 June 1900
Cupar, Fife, Scotland
Died13 July 1981(1981-07-13) (aged 81)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
BranchBritish Army
Service years1919–1958
RankMajor-General
Service number10830
Unit15th Hussars
15th/19th Hussars
Commands22nd Armoured Brigade (1943–1944)
20th Armoured Brigade (1942)
15th/19th Hussars (1940–1942)
ConflictsSecond World War
Mau Mau Uprising
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order & Two Bars
SpouseEvelyn Muriel Wright

Major-General Sir William Robert Norris "Looney" Hinde, KBE, CB, DSO & Two Bars (25 June 1900 – 13 July 1981) was a senior British Army officer who served in the Second World War and in the Mau Mau Uprising in colonial Kenya.