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 in physical training . Prince was appointed to the Unattached List , Indian Army 27 August 1931 . He was admitted into the Indian Army and appointed to the 2nd battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles on the 22nd October 1932 . Promoted Lieutenant 27 November 1933 , he was appointed Quartermaster 9 November 1935 then Adjutant 1st November 1938 . Promoted Captain 27 August 1939 . He took part in operations on the North West Frontier of India during the period 1937 - 39 . Appointed General Staff Officer 3rd grade ( Operations ) 03 / 09 / 37 - 30 / 04 / 40 . Air Intelligence Liaison Officer 15 / 11 / 40 - 15 / 09 / 41 . General Staff Officer 3rd grade ( Air ) 16 / 09 / 41 - 15 / 2 / 42 , General Staff Officer 2nd grade ( Air ) 16 / 02 / 42 - 09 / 08 / 43 . Brigade - Major to an Indian Infantry Brigade 10 / 08 / 43 - 30 / 01 / 44 . General Staff Officer 1st grade ( Plans ) , H . Q . , S . A . C . S . E . A . 15 / 07 / 44 to 21 / 5 / 45 . Instructor ( G . S . O . 2nd grade ) Staff College Quetta 25 / 11 / 45 - 16 / 06 / 47 . Appointed acting Major 16 / 02 / 42 - 15 / 05 / 42 , temporary Major 16 / 05 / 42 - 17 / 07 / 43 & 30 / 01 / 44 - 29 / 4 / 44 . War Substantive Major 30 / 04 / 44 . Major 1 July 1946 . Mentioned in Despatches ( London Gazette 17 December 1942 ) . Acting Lieutenant - Colonel 30 / 01 / 44 - 29 / 4 / 44 , temporary Lieutenant - Colonel 30 / 04 / 44 - 22 / 11 / 47 . Military career ( British Army ) . He transferred to The King ' s Regiment ( Liverpool ) 23 November 1947 . Appointed temporary Lieutenant - Colonel 9 / 12 / 48 to 24 / 05 / 53 . Appointed S . C . O . ( S . O . 1 ) , B . T . B . 9 / 12 / 48 - 24 / 04 / 49 . General Staff Officer 1st grade War Office 05 / 05 / 49 - 09 / 08 / 50 . Assistant Adjutant & Quarter Master General to an Infantry Division as part of the British Army on the Rhine , Germany 09 / 04 / 51 - 04 / 02 / 53 . Lieutenant - Colonel 16 January 1954 . Temporary Brigadier 05 / 07 / 56 to 13 / 06 / 61 . Appointed to command a brigade as part of Western Command 05 / 07 / 56 to 08 / 07 / 59 . Colonel 14 June 1957 . D . D . P . S . ( A . ) , War Office 07 / 09 / 59 to 27 / 02 / 61 . He was appointed CBE ( Military Division ) in the London Gazette of 31 December 1960 . Brigadier 14 June 1961 . Brigadier , A / Q . H . Q . Eastern Command 24 / 03 / 61 to 28 / 02 / 64 . Major - General 1 July 1964 ( with senority 2 May 1964 ) . Chief , Military Planning Office , S . E . A . T . O . 1 July 1964 in Bangkok . Retired 17 October 1966 . Family . He married in firstly , in 1938 , Elizabeth , daughter of Dr Walter Bapty , of Victoria B . C . His first wife died in 1959 . There were two sons of the first marriage . He married secondly , in 1959 , Claude - Andree , daughter of Andre Romanet , by whom he had a son . He died at Arles , France in November 2005 , aged 94 : the funeral took place at Chester Cathedral on 18 November 2005 .