194120 Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Stuart WHITEHILL, OBE, MiD, 23 Hussars

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    Personal Number: 194120
    Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel
    Name: Hugh Stuart WHITEHILL, OBE, MiD
    Unit: 23 Hussars


    London Gazette : 15 July 1941
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35218/supplement/4056/data.pdf
    EMERGENCY COMMISSIONS (CADETS).
    ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS.
    The undermentioned Cadets, from O.C.T.U.'s, to be 2nd Lts. 28th June 1941:—
    23rd H.
    Hugh Stuart WHITEHILL (194120).

    London Gazette : 10 May 1945
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37072/supplement/2456/data.pdf
    The KING has been graciously pleased to approve that the following be Mentioned in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe:—
    23rd H.
    Lt.-Col. (actg.) H. S. Whitehill (194120).

    London Gazette : 11 October 1945
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37302/supplement/4991/data.pdf
    The KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for .the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, in recognition of gallant and distinguished services hi North-West Europe:—
    To be Additional Officers of the Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order: —
    Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) Hugh Stuart WHITEHILL (194120), 23rd Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps (Liverpool).
     
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    Hugh Stuart Whitehill
    Birth: 21 May 1907 in Liverpool, Lancashire
    Marriage: 1936 in Liverpool (8 children)
    Death: Jun 1990 in Bangor, Caernarvonshire


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    Pre-war career
    3764394 Pte. Hugh Stuart WHITEHILL 6th Battalion Kings (Liverpool) Regiment (T.A.)

    Enlists in the Royal Tank Regiment 23.9.1925 (6/6) age 19 years 4 months (added one year to his age) at Liverpool
    Posted to 13/18 Hussars Car Depot 23.9.1925
    13/18 Hussars 26.1.1926
    510 (vii) K.R. 22.9.1937
    Reenlists in the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry (T.A.) 10.3.1938

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    Published on the cover of the Western Mail 1st July 1944
    B6149 Sgt. Midgeley No.5 A.F.P.S.
    I.W.M. Collections
     
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