Marshall St John Oswald

Marshall St John Oswald
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Battles/wars	Second World War
Awards	Companion 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. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 35934. p. 1176. 11 March 1943. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
3. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37004. p. 1709. 29 March 1945. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
4. Harding, Thomas (2015). "The House by the Lake". William Heinemann. ISBN 978-0434023226.
5. "Army commands" (PDF). Retrieved 9 November 2015.
6. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 42370. p. 4148. 2 June 1961. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
7. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 43529. p. 2. 1 January 1965. Retrieved 8 November 2015.