CHINDITS 1944 Firth, Anthony Denis (Tony)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Firth ​

• FORENAME

Anthony Denis (Tony) ​

• UNIT

2 Bn Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) (23 Bde) (Staff 76 column) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Member of the British Empire ​

• PLACE

Burma 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 29.5.1919 Cambridge​

son of Captain Denis Firth,Duke of Wellington's Regiment​

educated Christ's Hospital,Horsham​

RMC Sandhurst​

2 Bn D.W.Regiment prewar - 1944​

Far Eastern Warfare School,Tunbridge Wells (instructor)​

Staff,Malta​

Staff College,Camberley​

1 Bn (B Coy) D.W.Regiment 1953​

award M.C. for Korea 1953​

O.C. 1 Bn D.W.Regiment 1960-61​

advanced to O.B.E. 1961​

Assistant Military Adviser,British High Commission,Ottawa,Canada​

GOC 127 Infantry Brigade (TA) (Brigadier)​

retired 1968​

married Alec "Alex" Temple-Phillips 1950 (1 daughter)​

died 4.7.2002 ​

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