Sturges, Robert Grice

Date of birth:: July 14th, 1891 (Borough of Wokingham, United Kingdom)
Date of death:: September 12th, 1970 (Exeter, United Kingdom)
Nationality:: British

Biography

15 May 1912: Sub-Lt.
19 December 1914: Lt.
30 January 1917: Captain
17 June 1929: Major
1 April 1936: Lt. Col.
3 April 1939: Colonel
4 June 1940: Temp. Brigadier
?: Major Gen
?: Lt. Gen

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Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Colonel
Unit:: 746 Royal Marines, Royal Marines, Royal Navy
Awarded on:: July 5th, 1940
Awarded for:: Operation Fork

"For good services in a Northern Area."

Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Acting Major-General
Unit:: Force 121, Combined Operations Headquarters, War Office, British Government
Awarded on:: January 7th, 1943
Awarded for:: Operation Ironclad

Knights/Dames Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (K/DBE)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major General
Unit:: Special Service Group (Commandos), Combined Operations Headquarters, War Office, British Government
Awarded on:: June 14th, 1945

Sanct Olavs Orden Commander with Star/Grand Officer

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Lieutenant General
Unit:: Royal Marines, Combined Operations Headquarters, War Office, British Government
Awarded on:: January 13th, 1948
Awarded for:: Operation Fork