General Sir John Chaddesley Westall, KCB, CBE ( 2 July 1901 – 30 September 1986) was a New Zealand Royal Marines officer who served as Commandant General Royal Marines from 1952 to 1955.
Sir John Westall | |
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| Born | 2 July 1901[1] Napier, New Zealand |
| Died | 30 September 1986 (aged 85)[2] Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | Royal Marines |
| Years of service | 1919–1955 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held | Commandant General Royal Marines Infantry Training Centre, Royal Marines |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Military career edit
Born in Napier, New Zealand,[3] Westall joined the Royal Marines in 1919.[4] He served in the Second World War as a Staff Officer in intelligence activities in Singapore and Malaya from 1939 and as a Staff Officer in intelligence activities in India and Burma from 1942, before becoming a Staff Officer at the Director of Naval Intelligence Department in the Admiralty in 1944.[4]
After the war he became commander of the Infantry Training Centre, Royal Marines and then a Staff Officer in intelligence activities in Cape Town from 1947.[4] He was appointed Chief Staff Officer at Plymouth in 1948, commander of the Royal Marine Barracks at Plymouth in 1949 and commander of the Royal Marine Barracks at Deal in 1950.[4] He went on to be chief of staff to the Commandant General Royal Marines in 1951, and Commandant General Royal Marines in 1952 before retiring in 1955.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Westall, John Chaddesley". The National Archives (UK). 1 October 1919. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ "Deaths". The Times. 9 October 1986. p. 1.
- ^ "A brief history of the Royal Marines and New Zealand" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Sir John Chaddesley Westall Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives