John Westall
Sir John Westall | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1901 Napier, New Zealand |
| Died | 1986 |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | Royal Marines |
| Years of service | 1919–55 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | Commandant General Royal Marines |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
General Sir John Chaddesley Westall, KCB, CBE (1901–1986) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Commandant General Royal Marines from 1952 to 1955.
Military career
Born in Napier, New Zealand,[1] Westall joined the Royal Marines in 1919.[2] He served in the Second World War as a Staff Officer in intelligence activities in Singapore and Malaya from 1939 and as a Staff Officer in intelligence activities in India and Burma from 1942 before becoming a Staff Officer at the Director of Naval Intelligence Department in the Admiralty in 1944.[2] After the war he became Commander of Infantry Training Centre, Royal Marines and then a Staff Officer in intelligence activities in Cape Town from 1947.[2] He was appointed Chief Staff Officer at Plymouth in 1948, Commander of the Royal Marine Barracks at Plymouth in 1949 and Commander of the Royal Marine Barracks at Deal in 1950.[2] He went on to be Chief of Staff to the Commandant General Royal Marines in 1951, and Commandant General Royal Marines in 1952 before retiring in 1955.[2]