Robert Hinde (British Army officer)

Sir William Hinde
Sir William Hinde
Nickname(s)	"Looney"
Born	25 June 1900; Cupar, Fife, Scotland
Died	13 July 1981 (aged 81); Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1919–1958
Rank	Major General
Service number	10830
Unit	15th Hussars; 15th/19th Hussars
Commands held	22nd Armoured Brigade (1943–44); 20th Armoured Brigade (1942); 15th/19th Hussars (1940–42)
Battles/wars	Second World War; Mau Mau Uprising
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Companion of the Order of the Bath; Distinguished Service Order & Two Bars
Spouse(s)	Evelyn Muriel Wright

Major General Sir William Robert Norris "Looney" Hinde, KBE, CB, DSO & Two Bars (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.^[1]

^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. Vol. 2 (107th ed.). Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. p. 1592. Retrieved 16 January 2015 – via Peerage.com.