- SURNAME
Rowley
- FORENAME
Frederick Allan
- UNIT
SIS Controller Far East
- RANK
Civilian
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
- PLACE
Far East 1970s
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 27.7.1922 Rajputana,India
son of RQMS Rowley,Worcestershire Regiment
educated Haig School,Aldershot
clerk,Aldershot town hall
T.A. 1939 (Private)
commissioned 10.7.1941 2Lt (EC 2773) 5 Bn 10 Baluch Regiment
awarded M.C. for February 1945 (as T/Major)
WIA April 1945 Burma
appointed Lt Indian Army (Regular) 2.2.1946 (from 2Lt - WS Captain)
SIS postwar
Head of SIS Office,Rangoon early 1950s
Foreign Office (Office of the British Commissioner for Southeast Asia,Singapore) 1955
appointed O.B.E. 1959
Adviser to the Australian Secret Intelligence Service 1960-67
rejoined SIS 1967
Kuala Lumpur 1967-72
seconded to the Northern Ireland Office 1972-74
SIS Controller Far East
appointed C.M.G. 1978
married Anne Cresswell (SIS secretary) (died 19.3.2014) (4 children Charlotte,Sarah,Joanna and Nicholas)
died 28.7.2014
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