Raymund John Maunsell | |
Birth Date: | 25 November 1903 |
Death Date: | 4 November 1976 (72) |
Birth Place: | London, England |
Death Place: | Jersey, Channel Islands |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Branch: | British Army/Royal Tank Regiment/Transjordan Frontier Force |
Rank: | Brigadier |
Servicenumber: | 27241 |
Unit: | SIME |
Battles: | Egypt |
Awards: | CBE, US Legion of Merit |
Raymund John Maunsell CBE (1903-1976) was a British Army Intelligence Officer.
Maunsell was born on 25 November 1903 in London, England and his birth was registered in Lewisham Borough.[1]
He was commissioned into the Royal Tank Corps on 30 August 1923.[2]
He was recorded as the head of Security Intelligence Middle East (SIME) based in Cairo in 1939.[3] [4]
On 6 January 1944 he was awarded Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his work in the Middle East.[5]
On 16 January 1947 he was awarded the US Legion of Merit.[6] [7]
Maunsell died on Jersey in the Channel Islands on 4 November 1976.[8]