Guy Gregson
Guy Gregson | |
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Born | 8 April 1906[1] Cape Town, South Africa[2] |
Died | 10 December 1988 Sudbury, Suffolk, England | (aged 82)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1925–1968 |
Rank | Major-General |
Commands | 1st Division |
Battles/wars | World War II Korean War |
Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order & Bar Military Cross |
Major-General Guy Patrick Gregson CB CBE DSO & Bar MC (8 April 1906 – 10 December 1988) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding 1st Division.
Military career
Educated at Gresham's School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Gregson was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1925 and saw active service in the Second World War in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel being mentioned in despatches twice and receiving the MC, the DSO & Bar and the Croix de Guerre.[3] Promoted to Brigadier in 1950, he served in the Korean War and was appointed CBE in 1953.[3] He was made General Officer Commanding 1st Division in 1956 and Regional Director of Civil Defence for the UK's Eastern Region in 1960 before retiring in 1968.[3]
In 1945, he married Oriel Leonie Lucas-Scudamore in Sherman, Connecticut.[4] They divorced and he remarried Iris Slade-Powell.[5]
Honours
- Military Cross, 1942
- Distinguished Service Order, 1943
- Bar to the Distinguished Service Order, 1944
- Croix de Guerre, 1945
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 1953
- Companion of the Order of the Bath, 1958
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