CATOR, Henry John
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Known as:
Kid
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Unit / Base:
51ME Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Scots Greys
Pioneer Corps
Royal Armoured Corps
Service:
Army
Service Number:
26093
Honours & Awards:
Born:
Monday, January 25, 1897
Died :
Saturday, March 27, 1965
Place died or last resided:
Australia
Age:
68
1917 awarded the Military Cross in WWI.
31.01.1940 Commanding Officer No.1 Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps (AMPC).
15.10.1940 Commanding Officer 51 Middle East Commando on formation from volunteers selected from No.1 AMPC.
15.10.1940 Commanding Officer 51 Middle East Commando on formation from volunteers selected from No.1 AMPC.
23.03.1941 wounded Eritrea and evacuated. Later served with Airborne Forces.
25.01.1947 relinquished commission. Granted honorary rank Lieutenant Colonel*.
31.12.1963 appointed O.B.E (Civil Division) for services to Agriculture in Norfolk.
Plaque in his memory in the church of St. Fabian and St. Sebastian, Woodbastwick, Norfolk.
31.12.1963 appointed O.B.E (Civil Division) for services to Agriculture in Norfolk.
Plaque in his memory in the church of St. Fabian and St. Sebastian, Woodbastwick, Norfolk.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/2.
Charles Messenger, The Middle East Commandos,
Honours/Awards: London Gazette 43200, page 12.
*London Gazette 37882, page 793.
Burkes Peerage / the peerage website.
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