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Date of birth:

May 20th, 1897

Date of death:

February 3rd, 1970

Nationality:

British

Godfrey Wildman-Lushington was a so-called 'flying marine'. He held a number of important offices with the Combined Operations and later the Marines during the Second World War. He served in both world wars. His brother died in an air crash.

Promotions:
January 8, 1939: Acting Colonel
September 4, 1939: Relinquished Acting Lieutenant-Colonel rank
September 30, 1939: Lieutenant Colonel
December 19, 1941: Acting Colonel
February 5, 1942: Acting Colonel-Commandant
February 5, 1942: Temporary Brigadier
March 3, 1943: Acting Major-General
June 1, 1944: Colonel 2nd Commander
April 1, 1946: Relinquished Acting Major-General rank
April 1, 1946: Local Major-General
October 1, 1946: Major General

Military career:
22 July 1916 - 1919 : Naval Air Service
1941 – 1943: Senior Staff Officer, Combined Operations, War Office
1943: Chief of Staff, Combined Operations, War Office
January 18, 1944 – April 7, 1944: Assistant Chief of Staff, South-East Asia Command
9 June 1945 – 1 April 1946: General Officer Commanding, Royal Marines Commando Group
April 1, 1946 – October 1, 1946: Aide-de-Camp to the King
1 July 1947 – 30 January 1950: Chief of Combined Operations, War Office
30 October 1950 – 30 October 1954: Honorary Colonel-Commandant, Portsmouth Group, Royal Marines
November 29, 1950: Retired

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• - Major General Godfrey Edward Wildman-Lushington
  - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36544/supplement/2572/data.pdf
  - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37835/supplement/3/data.pdf- Service record
  - Service Record Naval Air Officer
  - Service Record Naval Air Officer (2)

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