PARAS Grierson, Ronald Hugh

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Grierson ​

• FORENAME

Ronald Hugh​

• UNIT

21 Independent Company (1 Platoon) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

249461 ​

• AWARD

Mention in Despatches ​

• PLACE

Italy 1943 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 6.8.1921 Nuremberg,Germany​

true name Rolf Hans Griessmann​

German-Jew​

son of Ernst Jakob and Gerda Griessmann (later Ernest James and Gerda Grierson)​

educated Realgynasium,Nuremberg Germany​

educated Lycee Pasteur,Paris​

arrived London 1936​

educated Highgate School​

student,Balliol College,Oxford​

interned July 1940​

251 Company,Pioneer Corps​

commissioned Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)​

21 Independent Company,Parachute Regiment 1943​

WIA 1943 Italy (Mention in Despatches)​

1 SAS (B Squadron) 1945 (Lt 249461)​

WIA and POW 10.4.1945 Germany​

demobilised October 1946 (LtCol)​

resided 38 Stormont Road,London​

permanently changed his name by deed poll 18.12.1946​

21 SAS 1948-52 (Lt Colonel)​

managing director,S.G. Warburg (merchant bank) 1952-96​

vice-chairman,General Electric Company (later Chairman GEC International)​

Knighted 1990​

married Elizabeth Heather Samuel,Viscountess Bearsted (nee Firmston-Williams) 1966 (died 1993) (1 son Jacob,1 stepdaughter Hon. Felicity Ann Samuel)​

died 23.10.2014​

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