Michael Walsh (British Army officer)

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Michael Walsh
Knight of the Venerable Order of Saint John

Chief Scout from 1982 to 1988.[1]

Education

Walsh was born on 10 June 1927 in

King's Scout Award
with the added distinction of Gold Cords, indicating it as the highest award available in Scouting at the time.

Military career

Walsh joined the King's Royal Rifle Corps as a rifleman in 1944 and was commissioned in 1945. He spent the winter of 1945–46 in northern Italy guarding against incursion by Josip Broz Tito's partisans. After instructing at the Small Arms School and the Jungle Warfare School in Malaya, he was seconded to the 3rd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment (known as "3 Para") and went with it to Cyprus in 1956 as a company commander, where he took part in operations against EOKA insurgents.

In November 1956, the

Sheikh Othman whilst never departing from the principle of minimum force."[5]

Walsh then held staff appointments with British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) and the 28th ANZUK Infantry Brigade in Singapore. He was appointed Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence in 1973.[6] Following promotion to major general he took command of 3rd Armoured Division in 1976 and was then appointed Director of Army Training in 1978, retiring in 1981.[7]

Retirement years

Walsh was Knight President of the London-based

St. John Ambulance from 1989 until 1995,[2] and Vice President of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).[9] He died on 13 October 2015.[10][11]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Meet the Chiefs" (PDF). The Scout Information Centre. October 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. London. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014. Maj Gen Michael Walsh, Director of Overseas Relations, St John Ambulance, 1989–95, 86
  3. ^ "Paradata: Operation Musketeer". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  4. ^ Paradata: Aden
  5. ^ Paradata: Citations
  6. ^ Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Paradata: Michael J. H. Walsh
  8. .
  9. ^ a b "Roll Call Major-General Michael J H Walsh, CB, DSO". Airborne Assault ParaData. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  10. ^ Major-General Mike Walsh
  11. ^ "UK Chief Commissioner Wayne Bulpitt". @WayneBulpitt twitter. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  12. ^ Supplement to the London Gazette (23 January 1968). "Distinguished Service Order". The London Gazette. No. 44508. p. 872. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  13. ^ Supplement to the London Gazette (14 June 1980). "C.B.: Order of the Bath (Military Division) Ministry of Defence (Army Department) To be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Honorable Order". The London Gazette. No. 48212. p. 3. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  14. ^ State Intelligence (13 March 1986). "The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem: As Commander (Brother)". The London Gazette. No. 50457. p. 3576. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  15. ^ State Intelligence (29 July 1993). "The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem: As Knight". The London Gazette. No. 53381. p. 12467. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  16. ^ Supplement to the London Gazette (14 June 1996). "Commander of the Order of the British Empire". The London Gazette. No. 54427. p. B10. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
Military offices
Preceded by GOC 3rd Armoured Division
1976–1978
Succeeded by
The Scout Association
Preceded by
Chief Scout
of the United Kingdom
and Overseas Territories

1982–1988
Succeeded by