Major General Eugene Vincent "Michael" Strickland, CMG, DSO, OBE, MM (25 August 1913 – 19 December 1982) was a British Army officer who served as a military adviser to the King of Jordan.
[3] Strickland first saw action in the Second World War in the Battle of France with the 4th Battalion RTR, during which he held the rank of sergeant and was awarded the Military Medal for his part in the counter-attack at Arras when he took about 80 German soldiers prisoner.
[1][4] His tank was disabled in friendly fire by a British anti-tank crew who mistook his for being German and although he later evacuated from Dunkirk he was erroneously reported missing presumed killed; he received the notification to his wife after arriving at home.
From August 1958 to December 1959 he was Senior Army Liaison Officer in Amman, in which position he served as Military Adviser to King Hussein of Jordan.
Strickland retired in 1969, having been promoted to major general in 1966, and ended his career as Chief of Joint Services Liaison Organisation, British Army of the Rhine.