View source for Waistell William Hugh Capt 71199

{{Personnel
|id=2374
|Surname and forenames=Waistell William Hugh
|Army number=71199
|Rank=Capt
|Date of birth=30/4/1917 at Epsom, Surrey.
|Decorations=Awarded the General Service Medal with the Palestine Clasp for service in an operational area between 1945 and 1948.
|Age=91 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Cadet - Royal Military Academy.  Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned as a 2/Lt 28/1/1937 and posted to the 1st Battalion DLI overseas (China?).  Disembarked in UK from 1st Battalion 11/10/1939.  Posted to No 4 I.T.C. Brancepeth.  Attached to the HQ of 42nd Division 22/10/1939.  Attached to the 11th Battalion DLI 27/10/1939.  Served B.E.F.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI as Acting Captain 24/9/1940.  Served Iceland.  Posted to 166 OCTU, Douglas, Isle of Man as Instructor 25/3/1943.  Attached to the Leicestershire Regiment and  posted to the 1st Battalion.  Served Normandy?  Posted to Headquarters, 6th Air Landing Brigade - served Palestine 27/9/1945 to 13/2/1946.  Retired as Major 12/8/1958.  Ceased RARO liability 30/4/1967.
|Source table=11DLI
|Company/Battery=11th Battalion - B Company, HQ Company.
|Task or role=Officer Commanding the Company.
|Joined Brigade=27/10/1939.
|Promotions=Captain 28/1/1945, W/S Captain and T/Major 15/4/1945, Major 28/1/1950.
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Died 16/5/2008 at Kingsbridge, Devon.  Obituary notice click [http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/79455/waistell here]
|Home address=Educated Pangbourne.
}}


The Imperial War Museum holds a lengthy account of Major Waistell's service and access to a summary of this document can be found here:-
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030044335

Many thanks are due to researcher David Page for supplying this link.