Haslegrave John Ramsden Captain 97623

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Name Haslegrave John Ramsden
Army number 97623
Rank Captain
Decorations O.B.E. (Military Division) 1/1/1945. Territorial Efficiency Decoration and 1st Clasp 4/6/1954. C.B.E. 1/1/1975. Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire 24/4/1975.
Date of birth 15/4/1913.
Age 0
Unit Commissioned in Territorial Army as 2/Lt in 1st/4th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1/9/1939 (Gazetted 12/9/1939). Posted 49 Division HQ, Posted 70 Brigade HQ 20/10/1942. Posted Staff College, Camberley, 31/12/1942.
Company/Battery 70 Bde HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Staff Captain.
Joined Brigade 20-Oct-42.
Promotions W/S Major 1/5/1947 with seniority from 15/4/1947. Lt Colonel 14/1/1951. Lt Col and Brevet Colonel 14/1/1954 from Active List. From TARO 10/10/1958 retaining seniority. Colonel 6/9/1960.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Death registered June 1980 aged 67, in Portsmouth.
Home address Married Mary Kingswell, Q3 1957, Pontefract. 14, Craneswater Park, Southsea, Hampshire. Chief Executive, Portsmouth City Council.
Source table 70BG