3 CDO BDE Garrod, John Martin Carruthers

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Garrod ​

• FORENAME

John Martin Carruthers ​

• UNIT

R.M. 40 Commando ​

• RANK

Major + Lieutenant Colonel ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE),Mention in Despatches ​

• PLACE

Northern Ireland 1972-73 (MiD), Northern Ireland 1979 (OBE) ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 29.5.1935 Darjeeling,Bengal,India​

educated Sherwood College,Nainital,India​

educated Christ Church Cathedral School,Oxford​

educated Sherborne School,Dorset​

R.M. 1953​

40 Commando (Cyprus 1955 and 1958)​

40 Commando (A Company + Adjutant) (Captain) (Borneo) 1965​

40 Commando (company commander) (Major) 1972-73 (Ireland)​

40 Commando (C.O) (LtColonel) 17.6.1978-9.11.1979​

Staff College,Camberley​

Staff,HQ 17th Gurkha Division​

HQ Far East Land Forces​

Colonel,General Staff and Chief of Staff to Commandant General,RM (MOD) 1980s​

GOC 3 Commando Brigade RM​

Commandant General,RM 1987-90​

retired as Lt General​

EU Monitor Mission,Bosnia-Herzegovina 1993-98​

awarded C.M.G.​

UN-appointed district administrator,Mitrovica,Kosovo 1999​

Deputy Lieutenant for Kent 1991-2009​

award K.C.B. (date ?)​

married Jill (2 daughters)​

died 17.4.2009 ​

London Gazette 46240, 18th March 1974, Page 3533 (MiD)​

London Gazette 48156, 14th April 1980, Page 5621 (OBE)​

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