SIS Magan, William Morgan Tilson (Bill)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Magan ​

• FORENAME

William Morgan Tilson (Bill) ​

• UNIT

MI5 (Director) ​

• RANK

Brigadier ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Commander of the Order of the British Empire ​

• PLACE

1958 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 13.6.1908 Athlone,County Westmeath​

educated Rossall School​

RMC Sandhurst January 1927 (graduated)​

Sam Browne's Cavalry,Indian Army​

attached 1 Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps​

Hodson's Horse,Indian Army 1937​

Military Intelligence Directorate,I.A. (Liaison Officer to Civil Intelligence Bureau,Delhi​

counter-espionage Delhi and Persia 1939-45​

awarded O.B.E. for war service​

Security Intelligence,Middle East (SIME),Indian Army 1945-47​

MI5 1947-1968​

served in Commonwealth and British Colonies​

Director of MI5 for more than 10 years​

historian and author​

married Maxine Mitchell 1940 (4 sons)​

died 21.1.2010 ​

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