Vivian Street (British Army officer) explained

Vivian Street
Birth Date:1912
Death Date:4 April 1970 (aged 57−58)
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Serviceyears:1932−1963
Servicenumber:53698
Rank:Major-general
Unit:Devonshire Regiment
Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
Commands:Parachute Brigade of the Territorial Army
3rd Division
Battles:World War II
Arab revolt in Palestine
Awards:Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross
Spouse:Annette Mary Lever

Major-General Vivian Wakefield Street, (19124 April 1970) was a British Army officer who commanded the 3rd Infantry Division for a period during the 1960s.

Military career

Educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Street was commissioned into the Devonshire Regiment in 1932.[1] He served as an intelligence officer with the 14th Infantry Brigade in Palestine during the Arab revolt in 1938 for which tour he received the MC.[1] He also served in the Second World War as a general staff officer before becoming the officer in charge of the beach at Port Raphtis during Allied evacuation of Greece in 1941.[1] After that he served with the 1st Special Air Service Regiment and carried out raids behind enemy lines in North Africa before being captured by the Italians and then escaping from a torpedoed Italian submarine.[1] In 1944 he was made second-in-command of the Maclean Mission to Yugoslavia.[1]

He was appointed commander of the parachute brigade of the Territorial Army in 1954, deputy director of staff duties at the War Office in 1956 and military adviser to the King of Jordan in 1959.[1] He went on to be general officer commanding 3rd Division in 1961 before retiring in 1963.[1]

In retirement he became chairman of the Save the Children Fund.[1] He was also appeal director of the British Cardiac Society.[2]

Family

Street was married to Annette Mary Lever Crean in 1945.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/summary/st80-001.shtml Vivian Wakefield Street
  2. http://heart.bmj.com/content/26/1/135.extract Proceeds of the British Cardiac Society
  3. Book: Street, Major-General Vivian Wakefield. Who's Who. 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U49829.