- SURNAME
Stawell
- FORENAME
William Arthur Macdonald
- UNIT
Head of SOE Near East
- RANK
Major General
- NUMBER
8463
- AWARD
Companion of the Order of the Bath,Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- PLACE
Near East 1943-44
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Royal Engineers (late)
born 22.1.1895 India
son of G.C. Stawell
educated Clifton College
graduated Royal Military Academy,Woolwich
commissioned Second Lieutenant R.E. 12.8.1914
WIA April 1917
award Military Cross
Major 1.9.1929
War Office,London 1931-32
Brigade Major,Aldershot 1932-35
Madras Sappers and Miners
DAAG India 1935-37
Colonel 2.11.1940
Deputy Director of Intelligence,War Office 18.11.1940 - 13.2.1942
Brigadier (General Staff) Home Forces 14.2.1942 - 18.11.1942
GOC 148 Infantry Brigade 1942
Head of SOE Near East 1943-44
Head of Special Operations Mediterranean,Italy 1944
awards C.B.E. 1944 C.B. 1945
Deputy Chief of Operations,U.N. Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) November 1945
Deputy Chief of Intelligence,Control Commission,Germany 1946-48
retired as Major General 1948
married Amy Bowring 1926 (1 son)
died 11.6.1987 Crobeg,The Common,Southwold,Suffolk
born 22.1.1895 India
son of G.C. Stawell
educated Clifton College
graduated Royal Military Academy,Woolwich
commissioned Second Lieutenant R.E. 12.8.1914
WIA April 1917
award Military Cross
Major 1.9.1929
War Office,London 1931-32
Brigade Major,Aldershot 1932-35
Madras Sappers and Miners
DAAG India 1935-37
Colonel 2.11.1940
Deputy Director of Intelligence,War Office 18.11.1940 - 13.2.1942
Brigadier (General Staff) Home Forces 14.2.1942 - 18.11.1942
GOC 148 Infantry Brigade 1942
Head of SOE Near East 1943-44
Head of Special Operations Mediterranean,Italy 1944
awards C.B.E. 1944 C.B. 1945
Deputy Chief of Operations,U.N. Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) November 1945
Deputy Chief of Intelligence,Control Commission,Germany 1946-48
retired as Major General 1948
married Amy Bowring 1926 (1 son)
died 11.6.1987 Crobeg,The Common,Southwold,Suffolk
