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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 59943" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Pearson</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Thomas Cecil Hook</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>16 Parachute Brigade (Commanding Officer)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Brigadier</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>63639</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Commander of the Order of the British Empire</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Jordan 1958</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 1.7.1914 Queenstown,Ireland</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of John Lewis and Phoebe Charlotte (nee Beadon) Pearson</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Charterhouse School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated RMC Sandhurst</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>commissioned 30.8.1934 Rile Brigade (2Lt)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 Bn Rifle Brigade</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Mention in Despatches (1940)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award DSO for Libya 1941 (Lt T/Captain)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Staff Officer Middle East (Captain) 1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>GSO2 Middle East Training Centre (A/Major) 1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>DAQMG Divisional HQ (T/Captain) 1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 Bn Rifle Brigade (C.O.) (Lt Colonel) 1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award bar to DSO for Tunisia 1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>AA and QMG HQ Aegean Area (Lt Colonel) 1943 (Chief Logistics Officer,HQ Raiding Forces,Leros)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>GSO 1 GHQ 1 Special Force SOE,Bari 1944 (Lt Colonel) (Planning and Organisation of Ops,Northern Italy and Balkans)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Deputy Commander 2 Parachute Brigade (T/Colonel) 1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Deputy Commander 1 Air Landing Brigade (T/Colonel) 1945</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>GSO 1 HQ 1st Airborne Division (Lt Colonel) 1945</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award King Haakon VII Liberty Cross (Norway)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 Bn Parachute Regiment (C.O.) (Lt Colonel) 1945</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>7 Bn Parachute Regiment (C.O.) (Lt Colonel) 1947</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>GSO 1 War Office (Lt Colonel) 1947</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>GSO 1 Malaya (Lt Colonel) 1950-51</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award MBE for Malaya </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>GSO 1 (Plans) GHQ Far East Land Forces (Lt Colonel) 1951-53</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award OBE</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>GSO 1 (Instructor) Joint Services Staff College (Colonel) 1953</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>45 Parachute Brgade,TA (C.O.) (Brigadier) 1955-56</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>16 Parachute Brigade (C.O.) (Brigadier) 1957-58</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award CBE</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Chief of Staff to Director of Operations Cyprus (Brigadier) 1960</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Head of Mission Soviet Zone,Germany (Brigadier) 1960</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>G.O.C. 1 Division (Major General) 1961</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Chief of Staff HQ Northern Army Group (Major General) 1963</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award C.B.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Commander Far East Land Forces (Lt General) 1967</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award K.C.B.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Military Secretary,Ministry of Defence (Lt General) 1969</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>C.-in-C. Allied Forces Northern Europe (General) 1972</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>retired as General 1974</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Deputy Lieutenant of Hereford and Worcester 1983</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Aud Skjelkvale 1947 (1924-2013) (2 sons)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 15.12.2019</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>London Gazette 40000, 27th October 1953, Page 5771 (OBE)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>London Gazette 41589, 30th December 1958, Page 6 (CBE)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/t-pearson.32909/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/32/32909-a0afbcb7e607396e3efe95881a4c9775.jpg?1591436670" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/t-pearson.32908/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/custom_thumbnail/32/32908-b4a5025a4a6ee4ac00ccbb501c6d515f.jpg?1678111712" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/t-pearson.32907/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/custom_thumbnail/32/32907-bac6c682195f5f04465fee4cb13b9b05.jpg?1678111647" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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