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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 32810" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Grierson </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Ronald Hugh</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>21 Independent Company (1 Platoon) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lieutenant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>249461 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Mention in Despatches </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Italy 1943 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px">born 6.8.1921 Nuremberg,Germany</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">true name Rolf Hans Griessmann</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">German-Jew</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">son of Ernst Jakob and Gerda Griessmann (later Ernest James and Gerda Grierson)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">educated Realgynasium,Nuremberg Germany</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">educated Lycee Pasteur,Paris</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">arrived London 1936</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">educated Highgate School</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">student,Balliol College,Oxford</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">interned July 1940</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">251 Company,Pioneer Corps</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">commissioned Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">21 Independent Company,Parachute Regiment 1943</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">WIA 1943 Italy (Mention in Despatches)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">1 SAS (B Squadron) 1945 (Lt 249461)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">WIA and POW 10.4.1945 Germany</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">demobilised October 1946 (LtCol)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">resided 38 Stormont Road,London</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">permanently changed his name by deed poll 18.12.1946</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">21 SAS 1948-52 (Lt Colonel)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">managing director,S.G. Warburg (merchant bank) 1952-96</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">vice-chairman,General Electric Company (later Chairman GEC International)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Knighted 1990</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">married Elizabeth Heather Samuel,Viscountess Bearsted (nee Firmston-Williams) 1966 (died 1993) (1 son Jacob,1 stepdaughter Hon. Felicity Ann Samuel)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">died 23.10.2014</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-grierson.19109/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/19/19109-795322676018b08dda6dd698a0bf6d17.jpg?1591400437" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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