Strong, Kenneth William Dobson
- Date of birth:
- September 9th, 1900 (Montrose, Angus)
- Date of death:
- January 11th, 1982 (Eastbourne, East Sussex)
- Service number:
- 6897
- Nationality:
- British
Biography
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Brigadier General Staff
- Unit:
- Intelligence, GHQ, Home Forces, British Army
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1942
Legion of Merit - Officer (LoM - O)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Brigadier
- Unit:
- Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), Allied Forces
- Awarded on:
- April 21st, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), Allied Forces
- Awarded on:
- April 17th, 1945
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Temporary Major-General
- Unit:
- Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), Allied Forces
- Awarded on:
- June 21st, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Temporary Major-General
- Unit:
- Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), Allied Forces
- Awarded on:
- August 2nd, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Temporary Major-General
- Unit:
- Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), Allied Forces
- Awarded on:
- August 2nd, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), Allied Forces
- Awarded on:
- January 16th, 1948
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major-General
- Awarded on:
- 1952
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major-General
- Awarded on:
- 1966
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Commandeur de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo: Public domain
- - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35399/supplement/10/data.pdf
- Page 3244 | Supplement 37138, 19 June 1945 | London Gazette | The Gazette
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37204/supplement/3953/data.pdf
- LG 1948
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37138/supplement/3244/data.pdf
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