22 SAS Lea, George Harris

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Lea ​

• FORENAME

George Harris ​

• UNIT

Malayan Scouts SAS + 22 SAS (Commanding Officer) ​

• RANK

Major + Lieutenant Colonel ​

• NUMBER

58116 ​

• AWARD

Distinguished Service Order, Member of the British Empire, Mention in Despatches ​

• PLACE

Malaya 1950-51 (MBE) Malaya 1956 (MiD) Malaya 1957 (DSO) ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Lancashire Fusiliers​

born 28.12.1912​

educated Charterhouse​

educated Sandhurst​

1933 commissioned Lancashire Fusiliers​

1940-41 Adjutant 1st Battalion​

2nd Command 151st Indian Parachute Regiment (service Egypt, Palestine, Tunisia & Italy)​

1943 Brigade Major 4th Parachute Brigade​

07.1944 Commander 11th Parachute Bn.​

Operation Market Garden WIA and taken POW​

44th Airborne Divisoon (GS01) in India​

15th Parachute Battalion, Commander​

12th Parachute Bn. (TA), Commander​

Seconded Royal Marines 3rd Commando Bde.​

2nd Infantry Bde. Commander​

War Office, Deputy Military Secretary ​

1962 GOC, North West District​

GOC Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland​

C.O. 22 SAS 26.1.1955 - 1957​

1956 MiD​

1957 DSO​

1964 CB​

1967 KCB​

1948 married Pam (nee Lovett-Tayleur) ​

1 son & 2 daughters​

died 1990 Aged 77​

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