ARMY CDOS Trevor, Kenneth Rowland Swetenham

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Trevor ​

• FORENAME

Kenneth Rowland Swetenham ​

• UNIT

1 Commando (Commanding Officer) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant Colonel ​

• NUMBER

63586 ​

• AWARD

Distinguished Service Order ​

• PLACE

Burma 1945 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Cheshire Regiment​

born 15.4.1914 Egypt​

educated Rossall and RMC,Sandhurst​

commissioned 1934​

1 Bn Cheshire Regiment 1934-38​

ADC to GOC Bombay District,India 1938​

Royal West African Frontier Force 1939-41​

served 1 Commando 1941-45​

Chief of Staff,29th Independent Infantry Brigade,Korea 1950-53​

awarded O.B.E. and Mention in Despatches (Korea)​

Lieutenant-Colonel,GSO 1 and Chief Instructor,RMA Sandhurst 1954-56​

C.O. 1 Bn Cheshire Regiment 1956-58​

Mention in Despatches (Malaya)​

Deputy Commander of an Infantry Brigade,Cyprus​

G.O.C. 2 Infantry Brigade,Plymouth (2 years)​

awarded C.B.E. 1964​

retired 1966​

President of Commando Association 1965-66,1985-86,1989-90​

married Margaret Bingham 1941 (died 1988)​

married Jeanne Alexander 1989​

died 10.2.2003 ​

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