PARAS 2 Waddy, John Llewellyn

John Robertson

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Staff member
  • SURNAME
Waddy
  • FORENAME
John Llewellyn
  • UNIT
Depot,Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces (Commanding Officer)
  • RANK
Lieutenant Colonel
  • NUMBER
95593
  • AWARD
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
  • PLACE
1963
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 17.6.1920 Taunton,Somerset
son of LtColonel Richard Henry,DSO and Llewellyn Waddy
educated Wellington College,Berkshire
graduated RMC,Sandhurst
commissioned 1 Bn Somerset Light Infantry 3.7.1939 (2Lt)
Acting and Temporary Captain September 1940
WS Lt 3.1.1941
151 Bn Parachute Regiment August 1941 (Intelligence Officer)
156 Bn Parachute Regiment October 1942
HQ 4 Parachute Brigade (Intell.Officer) 1943
A/Major October 1943
156 Bn Parachute Regiment (B Company)
WS Captain and T/Major
WIA 18.9.1944 Arnhem
WIA and POW 19.9.1944 Arnhem
Stalag VII-A
liberated April 1945
HQ 3 Parachute Brigade September 1945
9 PARA October 1945
WIA July 1947 Palestine
Staff posts March 1948 (including Greece)
GSO3,43 (Wessex) Division
GOS,1 Infantry Division
Substantive Major July 1952
1 Bn Somerset Light Infantry 1952
Mention in Despatches (for Malaya 1952)
RAF Staff College
Somerset Light Infantry (TA) (Training Major)
Canadian Joint Air Training Centre,Manitoba
2 PARA (2IC) 1958
Lt Colonel 1960
Depot,Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces
Chief Instructor,a small arms school,Hythe 1962
Colonel of SAS 1964-67
Liaison Officer,Washington,D.C. and Fort Benning,Georgia 1967
British Embassy,Saigon (Defence Advisor) 1970
Joint Warfare Establishment,Old Sarum 1972
resigned commission 1974
Military Advisor,Westland Helicopter 1974-89
London Gazette 42870, 28th December 1962, Page 7
 
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