William Hinde

Major General Sir William Robert Norris "Looney" Hinde, (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. Biography Hinde was born in Cupar, Fife, and was educated at Wellington College, before training as a "Gentlemen Cadet" at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 15th Hussars on 16 July 1919, and promoted to lieutenant in the combined 15th/19th Hussars on 16 July 1921. Hinde was a keen polo player and was selected as a member of the British polo team to compete in the 1936 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal. He played both matches in the tournament, the first against Mexico and the final against Argentina. He was promoted to captain, and then on 10 January 1938 to major. From 1940 to 1942 he served as commander of the 15th/19th Hussars, receiving promotion to lieutenant colonel on 10 January 1941.