PARAS Poett, Joseph Howard Nigel

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Poett ​

• FORENAME

Joseph Howard Nigel ​

• UNIT

5 Parachute Brigade (Commanding Officer) ​

• RANK

T/Brigadier ​

• NUMBER

38346 ​

• AWARD

Distinguished Service Order and bar,Silver Star (US) ​

• PLACE

Normandy 1944 (DSO and SS) Germany 1945 (bar DSO) ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 20.8.1907 Winterborne St Martin,Dorset​

educated Downside​

RMC Sandhurst​

1 Bn Durham Light Infantry 1.9.1927 (2Lt)​

2 Bn Durham Light Infantry 1930​

GSO 2,War Office 1939 (Major)​

GSO2,2 Infantry Division + War Office again 1940​

GSO1 1941 (LtCol)​

11 Bn Durham Light Infantry 1942-43​

O.C. 5 Parachute Brigade 1943-45​

Director of Plans,War Office 1946​

Imperial Defence College​

Deputy Commander,Military Mission to Greece 1949​

Chief of Staff,Far East Land Forces 1950-52​

G.O.C. 3rd Division (Suez Canal Zone)​

Director of Military Operations,War Office​

Commandant,Staff College,Camberley​

GOC-inC,Southern Command 1958-60​

C-in-C,Far East Land Forces​

retired 1961​

Colonel of Durham Light Infantry 1956-65​

autobiography "Pure Poett" 1991​

awarded C.B. 1952​

awarded K.C.B. 1959​

married Julia Herrick 26.5.1937 (3 children)​

died 29.10.1991​

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