Lancelot Eric Cutforth was born on 14 August 1899, the son of G. H. Cutforth and educated at
St Peter's School, York. After training at the
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, he was commissioned into the
British Army in 1918. He was promoted to the rank of
Major-General in 1951, and was
Director of Ordnance Services from 1955 to 1958, when he retired from the Army; that year, he was appointed Director-General of Inspection at the
Ministry of Supply, before becoming Assistant Master-General of Ordnance (Inspection) at the
War Office in 1960 (serving until 1962). He then served as chair of the
London Area Transport Users' Consultative Committee from 1964 to 1972 and of the
London Transport Passengers Committee from 1970 to 1971. Alongside these appointments, he was
Colonel Commandant of the
Royal Army Ordnance Corps (1957–65). Appointed an Officer of the
Order of the British Empire in 1945, Cutforth was promoted to Commander in 1949 and then Knight Commander in 1958, five years after he had been appointed a Companion of the
Order of the Bath. He died on 7 April 1980, leaving a widow, Vera, and two daughters. == Likenesses ==