Date of birth:

August 26th, 1891

Date of death:

November 10th, 1982

Nationality:

British

Trained as the King’s Indian Cadet at Sandhurst (1910–11), he was commissioned into the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, serving with its 1st Battalion (1911–12) before joining the 47th Sikhs at Jullunder. Mobilised with the Jullunder Brigade of the 3rd Lahore Division in August 1914, he landed in France that September. Active service was cut short when he lost an eye in November 1914, and on returning in April 1915 he suffered a broken leg at the Second Battle of Ypres.

After convalescence he worked in the Military Secretary’s (India) Branch at the War Office, later appointed DAAG on XIV Corps’ Lines of Communication in Italy (1917). Transferring to the British Army in 1920, he joined the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, serving as Staff Captain in the Adjutant‑General’s Branch during post‑war reorganisation (1920–24). Following Staff College (1924–26), he commanded companies and later the 1st Battalion KSLI in India (1931–37), with earlier staff appointments as GSO2 in Aden (1927–28) and at Army HQ India (1928–31).

He became Colonel in charge of Administration in Palestine during the Arab Revolt (1937–41), then Brigadier in Greece, Crete, and later 1st Corps in the UK (1941–43). He oversaw the Congo–Cairo supply route (later AFLOC) until May 1943, before returning to the UK as Brigadier in Northern Ireland until retirement in 1945.

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• - SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 18 FEBRUARY, 1915
  - THE LONDON GAZETTE, 15 SEPTEMBER 1939
  - THE LONDON GAZETTE, 1 APRIL 1941
  - THE LONDON GAZETTE, 7 APRIL 1942
  - SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 30 DECEMBER, 1941
  - THE LONDON GAZETTE, 27 JULY 1940
  - THE LONDON GAZETTE, 2 MARCH, 1923