Marshall St John Oswald Explained

Marshall St John Oswald
Branch: British Army
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Rank:Major-General
Battles:Second World War
Awards:Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross

Major-General Marshall St John Oswald was a British Army officer who served as Director of Military Intelligence.

Military career

Oswald was commissioned into the Royal Artillery.[1] He served in the Second World War during which he was awarded the Military Cross and the Distinguished Service Order.

After the War he became Chief of Staff for I (BR) Corps in 1959 and Director of Military Intelligence in June 1962, in which capacity he dealt with the defection of the intercept operator Brian Patchett,[2] before retiring in 1965.[3]

He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1961 Birthday Honours. and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1965 New Year Honours.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Recommendation for Award for Oswald, Marshall St John. National Archives. 9 November 2015.
  2. Book: Harding, Thomas. The House by the Lake. William Heinemann. 2015. 978-0434023226.
  3. Web site: Army commands . 9 November 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112744/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf . 4 March 2016 .