PARAS 2 Spacie, Keith

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Spacie​

• FORENAME

Keith​

• UNIT

Parachute Regiment​

• RANK

Lieutenant Colonel​

• NUMBER

443568​

• AWARD

Officer of the Order of the British Empire​

• PLACE

Northern Ireland, 1st May - 31st July 1974​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 21.06.1935, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, UK​

father Frederick Spacie​

mother Kathleen (nee Wrench) Spacie​

educated Queen Elizabeth Grammar School​

attended Sandhurst​

1955 commissioned Royal Lincolnshire Regiment​

served Malayan Emergency (awarded MiD)​

1961 married Valerie Rich (died 2008) (1 son, Dominic Miles)​

1973 commander 3 PARA​

staff at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe​

promoted Brigadier, 7th Field Force​

1983 Major General Commander British Forces Falkland Islands​

director Army Training​

1987 retired Army (awarded CB)​

2015 married Clare Sylvester​

died 16.10.2022 (Aged 87)​

London Gazette 46456, 6th January 1975, Page 221 (OBE)​

London Gazette 50948, 12th June 1987, Page 2 (CB)​

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