Lt Col T W G Stansfeld DSO

Commanding Officer - The East Surrey Regiment
(The Green Howards - 19^th Foot)

Commanded 2^nd Bn The East Surrey Regiment from December 1944 to April 1945.

Thomas Wolryche Guy Stansfeld was born on 28^th October 1906 at Harrismith, Orange River Colony, the son of Brigadier General T W Stansfeld,CMG.,DSO., late 19^th Foot. He was educated at the RMC Sandhurst and commissioned in The Green Howards in February 1926. He served in Shanghai in 1927. From 1934 to 1935 he was an Instructor at the Small Arms School, Hythe. In 1938-39 he served in Palestine and was Mentioned in Despatches for his services there. In 1940 he served in France and in Norway. In 1941 he commanded 7^th Bn The Green Howards in the Western Desert after which he commanded 5^th Bn The East Yorkshire Regiment in 1942-43 and was Commandant of 164 OCTU from 1943 to 1944. In 1942 he was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the DSO. In 1944 he commanded 9^th Bn The South Lancashire Regiment and then 2^nd Bn The East Surrey Regiment from December 1944 to April 1945.
In 1945 and 1946 he was with the Military Mission in Ethiopia and from 1947 to 1948 was with a War Office Selection Board. He retired from the Army on 11^th May 1948.

He died on 21^st October 1987.

 

 

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