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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 31274" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Cary-Elwes </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Oswald Aloysius Joseph </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>HQ SAS Brigade (20 Liaison HQ) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Major </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Mention in Despatches,Legion dHonneur (Fr),Croix de Guerre (Fr) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>France 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>parent unit Lincolnshire Regiment</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 14.11.1913</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Ampleforth</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>RMC Sandhurst</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>commissioned Lincolnshire Regiment 1933</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Brigade Major,Nigerian Brigade 1939</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1st Army 1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 SAS 1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>HQ SAS Brigade 1944-45</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Staff College,Camberley</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>British Military Mission,Paris</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lincolnshire Regiment</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Assistant Military Attache,Cairo</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>French School of Infantry,St Maixent (instructor and liaison officer)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lincolnshire Regiment 1955</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>SHAPE (Chief of C-in-C's secretariat) 1956</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>head of British Military Mission to C-in-C French Army,Germany</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Commandant,Army School of Civil Defence</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>MOD</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Pamela Brendon 1938 (6 children)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 1.1.1994 </em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 31274, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Cary-Elwes [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Oswald Aloysius Joseph [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]HQ SAS Brigade (20 Liaison HQ) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Major [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AWARD[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Mention in Despatches,Legion dHonneur (Fr),Croix de Guerre (Fr) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]PLACE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]France 1944 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]parent unit Lincolnshire Regiment[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 14.11.1913[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]educated Ampleforth[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]RMC Sandhurst[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]commissioned Lincolnshire Regiment 1933[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Brigade Major,Nigerian Brigade 1939[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]1st Army 1942[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]2 SAS 1943[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]HQ SAS Brigade 1944-45[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Staff College,Camberley[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]British Military Mission,Paris[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Lincolnshire Regiment[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Assistant Military Attache,Cairo[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]French School of Infantry,St Maixent (instructor and liaison officer)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Lincolnshire Regiment 1955[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]SHAPE (Chief of C-in-C's secretariat) 1956[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]head of British Military Mission to C-in-C French Army,Germany[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Commandant,Army School of Civil Defence[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]MOD[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]married Pamela Brendon 1938 (6 children)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]died 1.1.1994 [/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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