SIS Denniston, Alexander Guthrie (Alastair)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Denniston ​

• FORENAME

Alexander Guthrie (Alastair) ​

• UNIT

SIS (GC and CS) ​

• RANK

Civilian ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George,Commander of the British Empire ​

• PLACE

1933 (CBE) 1941 (CMG) ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 1.12.1881 Greenock,Renfrewshire​

educated Universities of Bonn and Paris​

served WWi in Room 40,Naval Intelligence Division​

married Dorothy Mary Gilliat 1917​

Director of GC and CS 1919-Feb.1942​

retired 1945​

language teacher postwar​

died 1.1.1961 ​

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