Hugh Anthony Prince
Major-General Hugh Anthony Prince CBE (11 August 1911 – 6 November 2005) was an Indian Army and British Army officer who became Chief of the Military Planning Office for the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. Military career (Indian Army) The son of Dr H. T. Prince FRCS LRCP, Prince was educated at Eastbourne College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He won a cadet scholarship to Sandhurst and distinguished himself there in physical training. Prince was appointed to the Unattached List of the Indian Army on 27 August 1931. He was admitted into the Indian Army and appointed to the 2nd battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles on 22 October 1932. Promoted Lieutenant 27 November 1933, he was appointed Quartermaster 9 November 1935 then Adjutant 1 November 1938. Identified in contemporary photos on exchange duties with the Royal Canadian Regiment in Camp Niagara, Ontario 1936 through summer 1937 and commemorated with a spectacular trophy of a dinner bell mounted between two polished cow horns. Promoted Captain 27 August 1939. He took part in operations on the North West Frontier of India during the period 1937–39. He was appointed General Staff Officer 3rd grade (Operations) 3 September 1937 – 30 April 1940, Air Intelligence