PARAS Rendell, Dennis Bossey

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Rendell ​

• FORENAME

Dennis Bossey ​

• UNIT

2 Bn ​

• RANK

Lieutenant + Captain ​

• NUMBER

180657 ​

• AWARD

Military Cross,Member of the Order of the British Empire ​

• PLACE

North Africa 1942 (MC) Italy 1943 (MBE) ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 2.10.1920 London​

son of Ralph Rendell (Director of Schroders Bank)​

educated St Albans School​

enlisted 1939​

Middlesex Regiment 1940​

commissioned in Middlesex Regiment 1941​

2 Bn Parachute Regiment 1942​

WIA and POW 1.12.1942 North Africa​

escaped Italy and joined Rome Escape Organisation​

2 Bn Parachute Regiment 1944​

HQ 5 Parachute Brigade (Defence Company) 1945​

Staff,Parachute Brigade,London​

1 Bn Middlesex Regiment (served Korea) until 1951​

Military Operations Staff,War Office​

Corps of Military Police 1954​

Mounted Section,Aldershot​

C.O. Provost Company,HQ 1st (British) Corps,Germany 1956​

C.O. Provost Company,Edinburgh​

Chief Instructor,RMP Training Centre,Woking​

Assistant Provost Marshal,HQ 1st (British) Corps,Germany​

Commandant,RMP Training Centre,Woking​

Provost Marshal,British Army of the Rhine until 1974​

Provost Marshal and Head of the Corps of Military Police 1974​

retired 1977 (Brigadier)​

ADC to the Queen 1975​

awarded C.B.E. 1977​

married Mary Armes 1947 (2 children)​

died 22.9.2010 ​

​