Chief of Combined Operations
In October, 1943 Laycock was promoted to major-general and succeeded Lord Louis Mountbatten as chief of Combined Operations, a position he held until 1947. He retired to his family home at Wiseton, Nottinghamshire, where he managed his property.
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