Otway Herbert
Sir Otway Herbert | |
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| Born | 19 November 1901 |
| Died | 4 April 1984 (aged 82) Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States) (Belgium)Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands) Commander of the Order of Leopold II |
Second World War
and achieved high command in the 1950s.
Military career
Herbert attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the British Army's Royal Artillery on 22 December 1921.[1][2] He served in Egypt between 1928 and 1935.[2] Returning to the United Kingdom, he became brigade major for the 27th (Home Counties) Anti-Aircraft Group in 1935.[2]
Herbert served in the
Commanding Officer of the 6th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry with the task of converting it into the 181st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.[3] In August 1942 he joined the 132nd (Welsh) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, which formed part of the 78th "Battleaxe" Infantry Division and commanded it in the Tunisian campaign. In 1943 he joined the 21st Army Group in England and later in Northwest Europe.[2]
After the war Herbert became Commander Royal Artillery for
Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1956 to 1966.[2]
Herbert lived at Brynsiencyn in Anglesey.[5]
Family
In 1925 Herbert married Muriel Irlam Barlow and together they went on to have a daughter.[6]
References
- ^ "No. 32597". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 February 1922. p. 930.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Herbert, Otway". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ Neal, pp. 7, 66.
- ^ Defence: West Africa Hansard, 25 June 1958
- ^ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Irish Family Records. London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
Bibliography
- Don Neal, Guns and Bugles: The Story of the 6th Bn KSLI – 181st Field Regiment RA 1940–1946, Studley: Brewin, 2001, ISBN 1-85858-192-3.