108997 Lieutenant-Colonel Aubrey PERSHOUSE, General List

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  1. dbf

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    Personal Number:
    Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel
    Name: Aubrey PERSHOUSE
    Unit: General List


    London Gazette : 9 January 1940
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34768/supplement/152/data.pdf
    GENERAL LIST.
    The undermentioned to be 2nd Lts. : —
    29th Nov. 1939: —
    Aubrey PERSHOUSE (108997).

    London Gazette : 19 November 1948
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38459/supplement/6060/data.pdf
    The KING has been pleased to grant unrestricted permission for the wearing of the following decorations which have been conferred on the undermentioned personnel in recognition of distinguished services in the cause of the Allies:—
    DECORATIONS CONFERRED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
    Bronze Star Medal
    Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) Aubrey PERSHOUSE (108997), General List.
     
  2. dbf

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  3. davidbfpo

    davidbfpo Patron Patron

    Reading the current thread on British Tank Development I became curious whether any of his cited work on German tank design (cited above) had been published or found in the National Archives. The thread is on: British Tank Development.

    Checking online there is very little about him, except this from an obituary for his wife (Edith Wood Pershouse Stone) in the Washington Post:
    Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...tuaries/e320ca98-b224-44be-bc10-2c6ce29eb728/

    Ancestry has a summary:
    Link: Aubrey Pershouse 1905-1976 - Ancestry®

    Does anyone know what his regiment / corps was; his background and more?
     
  4. Don Juan

    Don Juan Well-Known Member

    Pershouse was attached to TT2, which was the 'B' vehicles department of the Ministry of Supply, and as such he was not considered a tank expert. My understanding is that he was originally brought into CIOS to research German 'B' vehicles, especially half-tracks, taking over from Rupert St. George Riley, who had undertaken the initial investigations in this field. That said, there is no doubt a lot more to this story than the little bit that I have inadvertently picked up.
     
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