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Born 1906; educated at Marlborough and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; commissioned into Royal Tank Corps, 1926; service with 3 Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps, Egypt, 1928-1931; Lt, 1929; Assistant Instructor, Tank Driving and Maintenance School, Bovington, Dorset, 1933-1937; Capt, 1936; Adjutant, 6 Royal Tank Regt, Egypt, 1938-1939; served in World War Two, 1939-1945; temporary Maj, 1940; Bde Maj, 4 Armoured Bde, 1940; General Staff Officer 2, 7 Armoured Bde, Middle East, 1940; Commanding Officer, 3 Royal Tank Regt, 7 Armoured Div, 8 Army, Western Desert, 1941; awarded MC, 1941; wounded, Western Desert, 1942; commanded 22 Armoured Bde, 8 Army, Western Desert, 1942; awarded DSO, 1942; temporary command of 7 Armoured Div, North Africa, 1943; commanded 26 Armoured Bde, 1 Army, North Africa, 1943; commanded 30 Armoured Bde, UK, 1943; temporary Maj Gen, 1943; General Officer Commanding 11 Armoured Div, 1943-1946; served in North West Europe, 1944-1945; Maj Gen, 1945; awarded CB, 1945; General Officer Commanding 7 Armoured Div, 1947-1948; General Officer Commanding Hanover District, Germany, 1948; Director, Royal Armoured Corps, War Office, 1948-1949; retired, 1949; Director of Scribbans-Kemp, biscuit, cake and sweet manufacturers, 1949-1964; Justice of the Peace, Kent, 1960-1970; Hon Col, Kent and County of London Yeomanry Sqn, The Royal Yeomanry Regt, Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve, 1963-1970; died 1997. Publications: From the desert to the Baltic (Kimber, London, 1987).