John Cubbon
{{Short description|British Army general}}
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| birth_date =1911
| death_date =1997 (aged 85−86)
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| allegiance =United Kingdom
| branch =British Army
| serviceyears =1931–1965
| servicenumber =52600
| rank =Major-General
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| commands = 2/5th Battalion, Royal Leicestershire Regiment
6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion
1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment
18th Infantry Brigade
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
Middle East Land Forces
| battles =Second World War
Malayan Emergency
Aden Emergency
| awards =Companion of the Order of the Bath
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Major-General John Hamilton Cubbon, {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB|CBE}} (1911–1997) was a British Army officer.
Military career
Cubbon was commissioned into the Cheshire Regiment in 1931.{{cite web|url=https://royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/entity/83474-cubbon-john-hamilton-cb-cbe|title=Cubbon, John Hamilton - CB CBE|publisher=Royal Leicestershire Regiment|accessdate=4 June 2020}} He served as adjutant of the 7th Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment with the British Expeditionary Force in September 1939 at the start of the Second World War. He then commanded the 2/5th Battalion the Leicestershire Regiment from October 1944 to April 1945 during the Italian campaign.
After the war, in 1946, he became commanding officer of 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion and, in 1948, he became commanding officer of 4/6th Parachute Battalion which was re-designated as the 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment later that year. He went on to be commander of 18th Infantry Brigade in Malaya in 1956 during the Malayan Emergency, General Officer Commanding 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division in February 1960{{cite web|url=https://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|accessdate=4 June 2020}} and General Officer Commanding Middle East Land Forces in Aden in May 1963 during the Aden Emergency before retiring in June 1965.{{cite web|url=https://www.paradata.org.uk/people/john-h-cubbon|title=John Cubbon|publisher=Paradata|accessdate=4 June 2020}}
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1962 Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette|issue=42683|page=4309|date=2 June 1962|supp=y}}
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Category:British Army major generals
Category:British Army personnel of the Malayan Emergency
Category:British Army personnel of World War II
Category:British military personnel of the Aden Emergency
Category:Cheshire Regiment officers