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A British Army officer commissioned into The Green Howards in 1919, who oversaw the conversion of the 10th Battalion of the Green Howards to airborne forces when it was redesignated as the 12th Parachute Battalion. He was later made Deputy Commander of the 6th Airlanding Brigade and awarded the Distinguished Service Order for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty after taking command while injured when the Commanding Officer of the 12th Parachute Battalion was killed during D-Day. He later commanded the 3rd Parachute Brigade and was the Honorary Colonel of the 12/13th Battalion of The Parachute Regiment after the war. |
