Major General John Charles Oakes Marriott
Campaign:
World War 2
Died:
11.9.1978
Died Aged 83 in Kensington, London
Buried in Brookwood cemetery, Surrey
Born 29th June 1895 in Stowmarket, Suffolk his father, Charles Marriott, was 36 and his mother, Gertrude Charlotte Oakes, was 25.
He married Maud Emily Kahn on 15 June 1920, in Cold Spring Harbor, Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States.
Promotions
1937-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1938-10-18 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-05-15 Acting Colonel
1940-07-26 Acting Brigadier
1940-11-15 Temporary Colonel
1941-01-07 Colonel (Dated back to 1940-07-01)
1941-01-26 Temporary Brigadier
1942-08-16 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1942-09-23 Temporary Brigadier
1945-10-15 Acting Major-General
1946-02-12 Major-General (Dated back to 1944-02-08)
Service
1938-10-18 – Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards
1940-05-15 – 1940-07-20 Assistant Quartermaster-General ? [Middle East]
1940-07-24 – 1940-10-12 Commanding Officer 21st Infantry Brigade [East Africa]
1940-10-12 – 1941-10-XX Commanding Officer 29th Indian Infantry Brigade [East Africa]
1941-10-20 – 1942-01-14 Commanding Officer 22nd Guards Brigade [North Africa]
1942-01-14 – 1942-04-06 Commanding Officer 200th Guards Brigade [North Africa]
1942-04-06 – 1942-05-25 Commanding Officer 200th Guards Motor Brigade Group [North Africa]
1942-05-25 – 1942-06-17 Commanding Officer 201st Guards Motor Brigade Group [North Africa]
1942-09-03 – 1943-12-15 Commanding Officer 32nd Infantry Brigade
1943-12-12 – 1945-10-XX Deputy Director of Infantry, War Office
1945-12-XX – 1947-12-XX General Officer Commanding Guards Armoured Division
1947-02-XX – 1950-02-18 District Officer Commanding London District
1950-03-18 Retired
Memorial(s):
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