William Pike (British Army officer)
Lieutenant General Sir William Gregory Huddleston Pike  (24 June 1905 − 10 March 1993) was a senior British Army officer who served as Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1960 to 1963. Military career
Pike entered Bedford School in 1914, and was further educated at Marlborough College. After graduating from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Pike was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 28 January 1925. He served with the British Indian Army until 1936 and fought in the Second World War taking part in the Dunkirk evacuation and commanding the 77th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery during the landings in Morocco and Algeria in March 1943. On 11 March 1944, Pike was promoted to brigadier and appointed to command 59th Army Group Royal Artillery, a headquarters that was about to embark for the Far East. On arrival at the Ranchi training area, 59 AGRA and the artillery regiments placed under Pike's command prepared for an amphibious assault on the coast of Malaya, which was called off after the Surrender of Japan. Pike later served in the Korean War as Divisional Commander, Royal Artillery for 1st Commonwealth Division. He was appointed Director of Staff Duties at the War Office in 1954 - a post he held during the Suez Crisis, Chief of Staff for Far East Land Forces in 1957 and Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff in 1960 before retiring in 1963. He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1962 to 1970. Family
He married Josephine 'Josie' Tompson; their son is Lieutenant General Sir Hew Pike. His brother was Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Thomas Pike. References

External links
Generals of World War II
Imperial War Museum Interview

1905 births
1993 deaths
Burials in Hampshire
Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
People educated at Bedford School
People educated at Marlborough College
British Army lieutenant generals
Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
Royal Artillery officers
Military personnel from Scarborough, North Yorkshire
People from Alton, Hampshire
British Army personnel of the Korean War
British military personnel of the Suez Crisis
British Army brigadiers of World War II