# Arthur Shortt

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{{Short description|British Army general}}
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|honorific_prefix = [Major-General](/source/Major_general_(United_Kingdom))
|name= Arthur Shortt
|honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB|OBE}}
|image= Arthur Charles Shortt.jpg
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|birth_date= {{birth date|1899|04|02|df=yes}}
|birth_place= [Weare, Somerset](/source/Weare%2C_Somerset)
|death_date= June 1984 (aged 85)
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= [British Army](/source/British_Army)
|service_years= 1916–1956
|rank= [Major-General](/source/Major-general_(United_Kingdom))
|service_number= 10886
|unit= [Royal Engineers](/source/Royal_Engineers)
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|awards= [Companion of the Order of the Bath](/source/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath)<br/>[Officer of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire)<br/>[Mentioned in Despatches](/source/Mentioned_in_Despatches)<br/>[Legion of Honour](/source/Legion_of_Honour) (France)
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[Major-General](/source/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)) '''Arthur Charles Shortt''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|CB|OBE}} (2 April 1899 – June 1984) was a [British Army](/source/British_Army) officer who served as [Director of Military Intelligence](/source/Directorate_of_Military_Intelligence_(United_Kingdom)) from 1949 to 1953.

==Military career==
Shortt was commissioned into the [Royal Engineers](/source/Royal_Engineers) on 26 August 1916, during the [First World War](/source/First_World_War).<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29723|page=8403|date=1 January 1951}}</ref> He served during the [interwar period](/source/interwar_period), where he was in charge of a company of Gentlemen Cadets at the [Royal Military Academy, Woolwich](/source/Royal_Military_Academy%2C_Woolwich) from January 1931.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33687|page=833|date=6 February 1931}}</ref>

Shortt served in the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War) as Director of Technical Training at the [War Office](/source/War_Office) from May 1943,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.generals.dk/general/Shortt/Arthur_Charles/Great_Britain.html|title=Arthur Shortt|publisher=Generals.dk|accessdate=8 November 2015}}</ref> before seeing action in North-West Europe in 1944.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hut-six.co.uk/WW2data/WO373-84-U.html|title=Recommendations for Honours and Awards|publisher=Hut 6|accessdate=8 November 2015}}</ref> He was appointed an [Officer of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) in June 1945.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37138|page=3218|date=1 January 1951}}</ref>

Shortt became [Director of Military Intelligence](/source/Directorate_of_Military_Intelligence_(United_Kingdom)) in December 1949,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf |title=Army commands |accessdate=8 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112744/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf |archivedate=4 March 2016 |df=dmy }}</ref> in which role he regarded the [British Army of the Rhine](/source/British_Army_of_the_Rhine) Intelligence Service "as the most important Field Agency on the Soviet Army anywhere".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/people/aldrich/publications/jss.baor.pdf|title=Intelligence within BAOR and NATO's Northern Army Group|page=97|publisher=The Journal of Strategic Studies|volume= 31|date= February 2008|first=Richard|last=Aldrich|accessdate=8 November 2015}}</ref> He was appointed a [Companion of the Order of the Bath](/source/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath) in the [1951 New Year Honours](/source/1951_New_Year_Honours),<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=39104|supp=y|page=3|date=1 January 1951}}</ref> and went on to be Head of the Joint Services Liaison Staff in Australia in September 1953 before retiring in April 1956.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Ministry%20of%20Defence%20Senior%20Posts.pdf |title=Ministry of Defence senior posts |accessdate=8 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117033054/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Ministry%20of%20Defence%20Senior%20Posts.pdf |archivedate=17 November 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://generals.dk/general/Shortt/Arthur_Charles/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]

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{{s-aft|after=[Valentine Boucher](/source/Valentine_Boucher)}}
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Category:British Army major generals
Category:Academics of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Royal Engineers officers
Category:Military personnel from Somerset
Category:British Army personnel of World War I
Category:British Army brigadiers of World War II

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