Gee Charles Hilton Rodney Major 24874 - Revision history

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{{Personnel
|id=2371
|Surname and forenames=Gee Charles Hilton Rodney
|Army number=24874
|Rank=Major
|Decorations=M.C. 7/11/1918, M.i.D. 14/2/1946, T.D.
|Date of birth=1897
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned 2/Lt 9th Bn DLI 1/3/1917, Lt Clifton College OTC 1/9/1918, Posted 11th Bn 1/1/1940, With Advance Party to B.E.F., Prisoner of War, Retired 23/1/51, retaining the rank of Major.
|Company/Battery=Bn HQ
|Task or role=Battalion second-in-command
|Joined Brigade=01-Jan-40
|Promotions=A/Captain 3/8/1917, Major 14/1/1930 (Clifton College CCF)
|Prisoner of War=Oflag 0.9A/H Spangenburg, Hess, No 555.
|Died/Killed in action=7/4/1998
|Home address=Son of Reverend C.V.Gee, Vicar of Castletown, Sunderland. Educated Durham School and Cambridge (BA 1922)
|Source table=11DLI
}}

To listen to a lengthy and detailed interview with Lt Col Gee, conducted by [http://www.peterhartmilitary.com/newbiog.html Peter M Hart], Oral Historian at the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/ Imperial War Museum] © IWM click [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80013425 here]to the link on the Imperial War Museum Collections Website.

Major Gee died at a Nursing Home in Bristol, understood to have been the last DLI Officer living to have served in World War One.

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	To listen to a lengthy and detailed interview with Lt Col Gee, conducted by [http://www.peterhartmilitary.com/newbiog.html Peter M Hart], Oral Historian at the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/ Imperial War Museum] © IWM click [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80013425 here]to the link on the Imperial War Museum Collections Website.		To listen to a lengthy and detailed interview with Lt Col Gee, conducted by [http://www.peterhartmilitary.com/newbiog.html Peter M Hart], Oral Historian at the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/ Imperial War Museum] © IWM click [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80013425 here]to the link on the Imperial War Museum Collections Website.

−	Major Gee died at a Nursing Home in Bristol, understood to have been the last DLI Officer living to have served in World War One. He entered France and Flanders on 6th April 1917 and earned the ~~Vistory~~ and British Service Medals, as well as his gallantry decoration.	+	Major Gee died at a Nursing Home in Bristol in April 1998, understood to have been the last DLI Officer living to have served in World War One. He entered France and Flanders on 6th April 1917 and earned the Victory and British Service Medals, as well as his gallantry decoration.

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 |Rank=Major
 |Decorations=M.C. 7/11/1918, M.i.D. 14/2/1946, T.D.
-|Date of birth=1897
+|Date of birth=18/8/1897, Castletown, Durham.
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned 2/Lt 9th Bn DLI 1/3/1917, Lt Clifton College OTC 1/9/1918, Posted 11th Bn 1/1/1940, With Advance Party to B.E.F., Prisoner of War, Retired 23/1/51, retaining the rank of Major.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned as a 2/Lt in the 9th Bn DLI 1/3/1917.  Lieutenant in the Clifton College OTC 1/9/1918.  Recalled to the Colours.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 1/1/1940.  With Advance Party to B.E.F.  Taken Prisoner of War in France.  Retired 23/1/51, retaining the rank of Major.
-|Company/Battery=Bn HQ
+|Company/Battery=Battalion HQ.
-|Task or role=Battalion second-in-command
+|Task or role=Battalion second-in-command.
-|Joined Brigade=01-Jan-40
+|Joined Brigade=01-Jan-40.
-|Promotions=A/Captain 3/8/1917, Major 14/1/1930 (Clifton College CCF)
+|Promotions=A/Captain 3/8/1917, Major 14/1/1930 (Clifton College CCF).  From General List (OTC) to be Major 1/1/1940.  From DLI (TA) to be Major in Clifton College Contingent with Pay and Allowances of Lieutenant 16/10/1948.
-|Prisoner of War=Oflag 0.9A/H Spangenburg, Hess, No 555.
+|Prisoner of War=Oflag 0.9A/H Spangenburg, Hess, Prisoner No. 555.
-|Died/Killed in action=7/4/1998
+|Died/Killed in action=Died 7/4/1998 aged 100.
-|Home address=Son of Reverend C.V.Gee, Vicar of Castletown, Sunderland.  Educated Durham School and Cambridge (BA 1922).  Lowick Vicarage, Berwick-upon-Tweed.
+|Home address=Son of Reverend Claude Valentine Gee, Vicar of Castletown, Sunderland and Ada Mary Briggs.  Educated Durham School and Cambridge (BA 1922).  Lived at Lowick Vicarage, Berwick-upon-Tweed.  At the 1911 Census he was a Boarder, together with his older brother, at Durham School.  Married Hannah Mary Oppenheim (Osborne) 4/9/1938 at Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}