EOD Qualtrough, Henry Percival

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Qualtrough ​

• FORENAME

Henry Percival ​

• UNIT

Bomb Disposal Squad No. 1 ​

• RANK

Major ​

• NUMBER

• AWARD

Member of the Order of the British Empire,George Medal ​

• PLACE

Kowloon,Hong Kong 1959 (MBE) Penang,Malaya 1960s (GM) ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Horsham,Sussex​

born 6.6.1924 Castletown,Isle of Man​

attended King William's College,Castletown​

attended Queen's University,Belfast​

enlisted R.E. 1942​

bomb disposal​

served in Normandy 1944​

retired from Army to Castletown​

MBE awarded 1960,GM 1967​

engineer and building inspector,Castletown Commissioners​

married Elizabeth Mary Audrey Peacock 1948 (3 children) (dissolved) (died 1993)​

married Anne Cringle 1974 (2 stepchildren)​

died 8.3.2012 Castletown,Isle of Man​

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