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| + | [[File:Royal Aero Club Certificate.png|400px|thumb|centre|Certificate Number 7763]] | ||
Revision as of 13:28, 24 September 2014
Personnel Entry
Name Swinburne Hugh Leslie
Army number 7660
Rank Lt/Col
Decorations M.i.D.*, T.D, 24/6/1938, D.L., J.P.
Date of birth 7/5/1898
Age 0
Unit Durham Light Infantry - Comm as 2/Lt 9th Bn 10/10/1915, Trf Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force 111 Squadron 11/2/1918 - 23/3/1919, T/Lt 9th Defence Force Bn 10/4/1921 - 6/7/1921. Rejoined Territorial Army - Durham Light Infantry 9th Bn, Posted 12th Bn DLI 5/5/39, Embodied 24/8/1939, Trf Black Watch 20/12/1939, Posted 1 TS 1/2/1940 in command. B.E.F., PoW, DLI 27/10/1945, Released from service 1945. TARO 1/9/1948 - 8/8/1953 as Hon Colonel. Appointed Hon Colonel LAA Regt RA 13/12/1952 - 1956. Appointed Hon Colonel 17th Bn Parachute Regiment (9th DLI) 1958 - 1963. Hon Flt-Lt RAF.
Company/Battery Battalion HQ
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role 2 i/c, CO,
Joined Brigade 01-Sep-39
Promotions Lt 1/6/1916, Captain 12/7/1922, Major 19/11/1934, Lt Col 5/5/1939,
Wounded
Prisoner of War O9A/H Spangenburg, Number 373
Died/Killed in action 19/11/1973
Home address 12, West St. Gateshead
Source table 1TS
As will be seen above, Lt Col Swinburne qualified as a Pilot during the First World War.
A copy of his Royal Aero Club Certificate appears below:-
