Harry Tuzo

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Sir Harry Tuzo
Born(1917-08-26)26 August 1917
Mentioned in Despatches (2)
Other workChairman, Marconi Space and Defence Systems (1979–83)
Chairman, Royal United Services Institute (1980–83)

General Officer Commanding of the British Army in Northern Ireland during the early period of the Troubles
.

Early life

Harry Craufurd Tuzo was born in

Officer Training Corps[4]), and Oriel College, Oxford, where he read jurisprudence.[1]

Second World War

Tuzo first entered the British Army on 15 July 1939 as a

German Army invaded France in May 1940, he was amongst the last of those evacuated from Dunkirk, travelling in a paddle cruiser to Harwich
.

He stayed with his regiment, which in 1942 transferred to the

gazetted on 22 January 1946.[8] He received substantive promotion to captain on 1 July 1946.[9] He had married Monica Patience Salter on 5 October 1943.[1]

Borneo

From 1963 to 1965 he commanded the

Mention in Despatches.[10]

Northern Ireland

Tuzo was appointed as General Officer Commanding and Director of Operations, Northern Ireland, on 2 March 1971 together with promotion to

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) on 2 June 1973.[16]

After his service in Northern Ireland ended Tuzo was appointed Commander-in-Chief British Army of the Rhine until 1976, when he was made Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe.[2] He was placed on the retired list on 5 February 1979.[17] After his service in the army he accepted a position in 1979 as chairman of Marconi Space and Defence Systems which he held until 1983.[18]

Norfolk

Tuzo was appointed a

Pensthorpe Nature Reserve.[2] Tuzo's granddaughter is the journalist Rosie Garthwaite
.

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/70774. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  2. ^ a b c d e f Obituary: General Sir Harry Tuzo, The Independent, 19 August 1998, archived by findarticles.com from the original. Retrieved 30 September 2008.
  3. ^ "No. 30393". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 November 1917. p. 12097.
  4. ^ a b "No. 34645". The London Gazette. 14 July 1939. pp. 4836–4837.
  5. ^ "Recommendations for Honours and Awards—Image details—Tuzo, Harry Crawford" (Fee may be required to view full image of original recommendation). Documents Online. The National Archives. Retrieved 9 September 2008.
  6. ^ "No. 36892". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 January 1945. p. 392.
  7. ^ "No. 37213". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 August 1945. pp. 4044–4046.
  8. ^ "No. 37442". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 January 1946. pp. 635–637.
  9. ^ "No. 37635". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 June 1946. pp. 3366–3367.
  10. ^ "No. 43837". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 December 1965. p. 11680.
  11. ^ "No. 45322". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 March 1971. p. 2269.
  12. ISBN 0-7171-2081-3
    .
  13. ^ "No. 45384". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1971. p. 5958.
  14. ^ "No. 45899". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 February 1973. p. 1680.
  15. ISBN 0-7171-2081-3
    .
  16. ^ "No. 45984". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 May 1973. p. 6474.
  17. ^ "No. 47768". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 February 1979. p. 1982.
  18. ^ "Tuzo, Sir Harry (Craufurd) (1917–1998), General". Liddell-Hart Centre for Military Archives. King's College London. Retrieved 30 September 2008.
  19. ^ "No. 49474". The London Gazette. 12 September 1983. pp. 11950–11950.
  20. ^ A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain Retrieved 2016-11-05.
Military offices
Preceded by GOC British Army in Northern Ireland
1971–1973 		Succeeded by
Preceded by C-in-C British Army of the Rhine
1973–1976
Preceded by Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe
1976–1978 		Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Master Gunner, St James's Park
1977–1983 		Succeeded by
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