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Unknown General
Does anybody recognise this senior officer and can put a name to him please?
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Shame it's not in colour - identifying the decorations would probably get you closer to an answer.
There is a resemblance to Lieutenant-General Sir Alan Cunningham, but I'm not convinced, personally.
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His medal ribbons appear to be :
- Order of the Bath (?), Order of the Indian Empire (?), Military Cross - WWI trio (with mention in despatches), India General Service Medal 1908-25, India GSM 1936-39 - Defence Medal, War Medal, King George V Silver Jubilee, King George VI Coronation, foreign. So : a WWI veteran, who served in India in the 1920s/30s and in WW II. The absence of WWII campaign stars suggests no operational command or service, and the Defence Medal indicates non-operational service during the war.
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I agree with you that the term "non-operational" is a bit thick (my father too was in Coventry during the blitz), but it's in the regulations.
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General Sir Rob McGregor MacDonald Lockhart KCB CIE MC The "general" comes from later when appointed as the first Commander in Chief of the Indian Army following partition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Lockhart https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/s...onald-Lockhart There is "some" resemblance so is a possibility. |
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And of course lumps them in with Home Guard in Walmington on Sea, if serving three years.
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