Years of service 1925 - 1968 Service/branch British Army Commands held 1st Division Rank Major general | Name Guy Gregson Allegiance United Kingdom Died 1988 | |
Battles/wars World War II
Korean War Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order & Bar
Military Cross Education Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Gresham's School | ||
Battles and wars World War II, Korean War | ||
Major-General Guy Patrick Gregson CB CBE DSO & Bar MC (1906–1988) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding 1st Division.
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Military career
Educated at Gresham's School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Gregson was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1925 and saw active service in the Second World War in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel being mentioned in despatches twice and receiving the MC, the DSO & Bar and the Croix de Guerre. Promoted to Brigadier in 1950, he served in the Korean War and was appointed CBE in 1953. He was made General Officer Commanding 1st Division in 1956 and Regional Director of Civil Defence for the UK's Eastern Region in 1960 before retiring in 1968.
He married Oriel Leonie Lucas-Scudamore.
Honours
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