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Born 1903; educated at Radley and Christ Church, Oxford; commissioned into 1 King's Dragoon Guards from Territorial Army, 1925; Lt, 1927; Capt, 1932; service with 1 King's Dragoon Guards, Egypt and Secunderabad, India, 1932-1936; Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, 1937-1938; served in World War Two, 1939-1945; Bde Maj, Support Group, 1 Armoured Div, France, 1939-1940; captured by German forces, St Valery, France, 1940; POW, 1940-1945; Commanding Officer, Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, Austria, 1945; awarded MBE, 1945; Lt Col, 1945; awarded MC, 1945; Commanding Officer, 1 King's Dragoon Guards, Palestine and Benghazi, Libya, 1946-1948; Assistant Adjutant General, War Office, 1948-1949; Col, 1949; Col (General Staff), Royal Armoured Corps Directorate, War Office, 1949-1951; commanded 23 (Independent) Armoured Bde, Territorial Army, Western Command, 1951-1953; Brig, 1953; Director, Fighting Vehicle Examination, Ministry of Supply, 1953-1954; Commandant, Royal Armoured Corps Centre, Bovington, Dorset, 1954; retired 1957; died 1987.