Mike Wingate Gray
Mike Wingate Gray | |
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| Born | 17 July 1921 |
| Died | 3 November 1995 (aged 74) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
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Military career
Educated at
Second World War.[1] After serving in North Africa, he took part in the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 for which he was awarded the Military Cross (MC), and then the Normandy landings in 1944 for which he was awarded a Bar to his MC.[1]
Wingate Gray was appointed commanding officer of 22 Special Air Service Regiment in 1964,[2] and was deployed to Borneo during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation and then to Aden during the Aden Emergency before becoming Commander SAS Group as a colonel in 1967.[2] Promoted to brigadier, he went on to be Deputy Commander, Gibraltar in 1969 and then military attaché in Paris in December 1971, before retiring in 1973.[3]
References
- ^ a b Obituary: Brigadier Mike Wingate Gray Herald Scotland, 11 November 1995
- ^ a b Sicilian campaign cover signed by Brigadier Walter Michael Wingate Gray OBE MC
- ^ Letter from Sir Bernard Ferguson