John Douglas-Withers

Major-General John Keppel Ingold Douglas-Withers, CBE, MC (11 December 1919 – 3 November 1997) was a British Army officer.

John Douglas-Withers
Born11 December 1919
Died3 November 1997 (aged 77)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands held6th Infantry Brigade
South West District
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross

Military career

Douglas-Withers was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 5 October 1940[1] and served as a forward observer during the Italian Campaign of the Second World War.[2] After the war, he became Commander of 6th Infantry Brigade in December 1965, Chief of Staff, 1st (British) Corps in February 1968 and General Officer Commanding South West District in February 1970 before retiring in December 1971.[3]

He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1969 Birthday Honours.[4]

References

  1. "No. 34968". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 October 1940. p. 5995.
  2. Bowlby, Alex (1994). Countdown to Cassino: The Battle of Mignano Gap, 1943. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-0850524109.
  3. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. "No. 44863". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 June 1969. p. 5965.
Military offices
Preceded by
Thomas Acton
GOC South West District
1970–1971
Succeeded by
Hugh Cunningham
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.