Kenneth Bastyan
Kenneth Bastyan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 December 1906 |
| Died | 21 March 1975 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Rank | Major General |
| Unit | Royal Corps of Signals |
| Battles / wars | Second World War, Malayan Emergency |
| Awards | CB, CBE |
Major General Kenneth Cecil Orville Bastyan CB CBE (1906–1975) was a senior British Army officer.
Biography
Born on 10 December 1906 and educated at Bedford School, Kenneth Bastyan was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Corps of Signals in 1926. During the Second World War he served in India, Iraq and Burma. He served in Malaya during the Malayan Emergency, between 1951 and 1953. He was Chief Signals Officer for Far Eastern Land Forces (British Army) between 1953 and 1954, Deputy Signal Officer-in-Chief at the War Office between 1954 and 1957, and Chief Signal Officer to the British Army of the Rhine and the Northern Army Group between 1957 and 1960.[1]
Major General Kenneth Bastyan was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1959.[2] He died on 21 March 1975.
References
- ^ Who's Who
- ^ "SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 13th JUNE 1959 | CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD" (PDF). 19 September 2002. Retrieved 25 July 2014.