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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 54943" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Stawell</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>William Arthur Macdonald</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Head of SOE Near East</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Major General</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>8463</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Companion of the Order of the Bath,Commander of the Order of the British Empire</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Near East 1943-44</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>parent unit Royal Engineers (late)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 22.1.1895 India</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of G.C. Stawell</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Clifton College</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Royal Military Academy,Woolwich</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>commissioned Second Lieutenant R.E. 12.8.1914</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>WIA April 1917</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award Military Cross</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Major 1.9.1929</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>War Office,London 1931-32</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Brigade Major,Aldershot 1932-35</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Madras Sappers and Miners</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>DAAG India 1935-37</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Colonel 2.11.1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Deputy Director of Intelligence,War Office 18.11.1940 - 13.2.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Brigadier (General Staff) Home Forces 14.2.1942 - 18.11.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>GOC 148 Infantry Brigade 1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Head of SOE Near East 1943-44</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Head of Special Operations Mediterranean,Italy 1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awards C.B.E. 1944 C.B. 1945</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Deputy Chief of Operations,U.N. Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) November 1945</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Deputy Chief of Intelligence,Control Commission,Germany 1946-48</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>retired as Major General 1948</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Amy Bowring 1926 (1 son)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 11.6.1987 Crobeg,The Common,Southwold,Suffolk</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 54943, member: 1"] [LIST][B]SURNAME[/B][/LIST] [INDENT][I]Stawell[/I][/INDENT] [LIST][B]FORENAME[/B][/LIST] [INDENT][I]William Arthur Macdonald[/I][/INDENT] [LIST][B]UNIT[/B][/LIST] [INDENT][I]Head of SOE Near East[/I][/INDENT] [LIST][B]RANK[/B][/LIST] [INDENT][I]Major General[/I][/INDENT] [LIST][B]NUMBER[/B][/LIST] [INDENT][I]8463[/I][/INDENT] [LIST][B]AWARD[/B][/LIST] [INDENT][I]Companion of the Order of the Bath,Commander of the Order of the British Empire[/I][/INDENT] [LIST][B]PLACE[/B][/LIST] [INDENT][I]Near East 1943-44[/I][/INDENT] [LIST][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B][/LIST] [INDENT][I]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 [/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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