John Westall
Sir John Westall | |
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| Born | 2 July 1901 Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
CBE ( 2 July 1901 – 30 September 1986) was a New Zealand Royal Marines officer who served as Commandant General Royal Marines
from 1952 to 1955.
Military career
Born in
Admiralty in 1944.[4]
After the war he became commander of the Infantry Training Centre, Royal Marines and then a Staff Officer in intelligence activities in Cape Town from 1947.[4] 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.[4] 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.[4]
References
- The National Archives (UK). 1 October 1919. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ "Deaths". The Times. 9 October 1986. p. 1.
- ^ "A brief history of the Royal Marines and New Zealand" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Sir John Chaddesley Westall Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives