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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Cassels Archibald James Halkett
|Army number=36316
|Rank=Lt-Col
|Date of birth=28/2/1907 Quetta (then India, now Pakistan)
|Decorations=M.i.D. 8/11/1945 and 7/1/1949 (Palestine), C.B.E. (Later K.B.E. 10/10/1952), C.B. 1/1/1950 (later G.C.B. 1/1/1961), D.S.O. 21/12/1944, Legion of Merit - Commander (US decoration 16/9/1952).
|Unit=Seaforth Highlanders - Commissioned 2/Lt 30/8/1926, Posted Central India 1928, Appointed ADC to GoC in C Northern Command, India (his father) 10/5/1930, Restored to establishment 13/3/1931, Posted 2nd Bn Seaforths,  Seconded for service on the staff 30/11/1935, Appointed ADC to C in C India 30/11/1935, Restored to establishment 1/12/1938, Appointed ADC to HE C in C as Captain 30/11/1938, Posted 157th Brigade 1939, Posted 52nd Infantry Division September 1940,  War Office, Posted to 1 TS in command 2/1/1943, Posted to 12 Corps as Brigadier - General Staff 27/12/1943, Posted 51st (Highland) Division BAOR in command, Posted 6th Airborne Division in command (Palestine), Posted to War Office January 1948 - up to 16/12/1949, UK Services Liaison Staff - Australia 16/12/1949, Posted 1st Commonwealth Division (Korea) in command July 1951, Posted 1 (British) Corps in command 4/1/1953, Posted War Office 15/11/1954, Seconded Federation Government Singapore - Malaya 17/9/1957, Posted Eastern Command 29/6/1959, BAOR Northern Army Group in command 7/1/1960, War Office, Retired 29/2/1968.
|Company/Battery=HQ
|Task or role=2nd Seaforths - Adjutant 7/3/1934, Brigade Major of 157th Brigade, General Staff Officer, Deputy Director (Plans) October 1941, CO 1 TS, Brigadier - General Staff, Divisional Commander, Director of Land/Air Warfare, Chief Liaison Officer, Melbourne. Divisional Commander, GoC, Director of Military Training, Director of Operations, GoC in C,  Commander in Chief, Adjutant-General 1/6/1963, Chief of the General Staff 8/2/1965.
|Joined Brigade=2/1/1943
|Promotions=Lt 20/8/1929, Captain 22/2/1938, Major 30/8/1943, Colonel 19/8/1947, Brigadier 4/3/1948, Major-General 20/12/1948, Lieutenant General 2/2/1954, General 29/11/1958, Field Marshal 29/2/1968.
|Died/Killed in action=13/12/1996 Newmarket, Suffolk.
|Home address= Son of General Sir Robert Cassels and Florence Emily Cassels (nee Jackson).  Educated Rugby School and RMC Sandhurst (Sword of Honour).  Married Joyce Kirk 1935 (deceased 1978) - one son. In 1947 address was HQ, 6th Airborne Div. M.E.F., Attended Imperial Staff College  1947.  ADC General to the Queen 1960-1963.  Married Joy Dickson 1978
|Source table=1TS
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