- Other Entry
- [ RM CDOS ENTRY ]
- SURNAME
Gourlay
- FORENAME
Basil Ian Spencer
- UNIT
R.M. 3 Commando Brigade (Brigade Major)
- RANK
Major
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Member of the Order of the British Empire, Mention in Despatches
- PLACE
1949 (MBE -unit?) Cyprus 1956 (OBE), Cyprus (MiD)
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 13.11.1920
educated Eastbourne College
commissioned R.M. 7.2.1940 (2Lt)
HMS Formidable September 1941
43 Commando early 1944
WIA 16.9.1944 Solta, Dalmatian Islands (award M.C.) (attached D Troop)
awarded M.B.E. (London Gazette 1.1.1949) (Lt A/Captain)
Army Staff Course 1954
Brigade Major,3 Commando Brigade (Major)
awarded O.B.E. for Cyprus 1956 (London Gazette 29.1.1957)
42 Commando (2IC) 1959
43 Commando (C.O.) 1963 (LtColonel)
Colonel of General Staff of Commandant General R.M. 1965
C.O. 3 Commando Brigade 1966 (Brigadier)
Commander, Training Group R.M. 1968 (Major General)
Commandant General R.M.1971-75 (retired as General)
award K.C.B. 1975
Director-General of the United World Colleges (15 years)
award C.V.O. 30.12.1989
married Natasha 1948 (2 children)
died 17.7.2013
London Gazette 41092, 4th June 1957, Page 3416 (OBE)
London Gazette 40987, 25th January 1957, Page 654 (MiD)
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