Marshall St John Oswald
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankMajor-General
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross

Major-General Marshall St John Oswald CB CBE DSO MC was a British Army officer who served as Director of Military Intelligence.

Military career

Oswald was commissioned into the Royal Artillery.[1] He served in the Second World War during which he was awarded the Military Cross[2] and the Distinguished Service Order.[3]

After the War he became Chief of Staff for I (BR) Corps in 1959 and Director of Military Intelligence in June 1962, in which capacity he dealt with the defection of the intercept operator Brian Patchett,[4] before retiring in 1965.[5]

He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1961 Birthday Honours.[6] and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1965 New Year Honours.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Recommendation for Award for Oswald, Marshall St John". National Archives. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "No. 35934". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 March 1943. p. 1176.
  3. ↑ "No. 37004". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 March 1945. p. 1709.
  4. ↑ Harding, Thomas (2015). The House by the Lake. William Heinemann. ISBN 978-0434023226.
  5. ↑ "Army commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "No. 42370". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1961. p. 4148.
  7. ↑ "No. 43529". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1965. p. 2.
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