Personal Number: 5217 Rank: Brigadier Name: Gilbert STREETEN, OBE, MC, MiD Unit: Royal Engineers London Gazette : 23 August 1910 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28409/page/6107/data.pdf CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets, from the Royal Military Academy, to be Second Lieutenants. Dated 23rd July, 1910:— Gilbert Streeten. London Gazette : 24 December 1912 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28674/page/9785/data.pdf The undermentioned Second Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 21st December, 1912:— Gilbert Streeten. London Gazette : 3 June 1919 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31370/page/6835/data.pdf AWARDED THE MILITARY CROSS. Capt. (A./Maj.) Gilbert Streeten, R.E., attd. 410th (Low) Fld. Co., R.E., T,F. London Gazette : 11 May 1937 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34396/supplement/3087/data.pdf The KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of His Majesty's Coronation, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:— To be Additional Officers of the Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order: — Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbert Streeten, M.C., Royal Engineers. London Gazette : 30 December 1941 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35396/page/7340/data.pdf The KING has been graciously pleased to approve that the following be Mentioned in recognition of distinguished services in the Middle East (including Egypt, East Africa, The Western Desert, The Sudan, Greece, Crete, Syria and Tobruk) during the period February, 1941, to July, 1941:— Brig, (temp.) G. Streeten, O.B.E., M.C. (5217), late R.E. London Gazette : 9 September 1942 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35697/page/3951/data.pdf The KING has been graciously pleased to approve that the following be Mentioned in recognition oi gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East during the period November, 1941, to April, 1942: — Commands and Staff. Brig, (temp.) G. Streeten, O.B.E., M.C. (5217), late R.E. London Gazette : 18 February 1943 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35908/supplement/857/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 in the Middle East during the period May, 1942 to October, 1942: — To be an Additional Commanders of the Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order: — Brigadier (temporary) Gilbert Streeten, O.B.E., M.C. (5217), late Corps of Royal Engineers. London Gazette : 6 November 1945 Col. G. STREETEN, C.B.E., M.C. (5217), retires on ret. pay, 6th Nov. 1945, and is granted the hon. rank of Brig. London Gazette : 20 August 1948 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38383/supplement/4624/data.pdf REGULAR-ARMY RESERVE OF OFFICERS GENERAL LIST Col (Hon Brig)G STREETEN, CBE, MC, late RE, having attained the age limit of liability to recall, ceases to belong to the Res of Offrs , 29th July 1948.
Recommendation for Award for Streeten, Gilbert Rank: Colonel Service No: ... | The National Archives Reference: WO 373/76/377 Name Streeten, Gilbert Rank: Colonel Service No: 5217 Regiment: Canadian Engineers Theatre of Combat or Operation: Middle East (Egypt and Libya) Award: Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Date of announcement in London Gazette: 18 February 1943
London Gazette : 30 December 1941 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35396/page/7339/data.pdf https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35396/page/7340/data.pdf
See also: Brigadier G Streeten CBE MC | The National Archives Ts extract (197pp) from his memoirs, written in 1970, covering his training as a cadet at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and, having been commissioned into the RE, at the School of Military Engineering, Chatham; his service during the First World War as Adjutant to No.28 Company, RE arranging the transport for officers to Gallipoli (April 1915), his own posting there (October 1915) with the 1st/2nd Lowland Field Company (29th Division) and his subsequent service with the same unit in Egypt and Palestine (February 1916 - March 1918) until they were transferred to France during the German spring offensive (March 1918); his service as Commander Royal Engineers in Singapore (1934-1938) and in Palestine (1938-1940); as Chief Engineer to British Troops in Egypt, with particular responsibility for defence works (1940-1943); back in the United Kingdom as Chief Engineer Eastern Command, assisting with the preparations for Operation OVERLORD and working with bomb disposal units; and, after retiring from the Army in 1945, with the Control Commission in Hamburg, Germany as Chief Control Officer in the Building Industries Branch (1945-1947) and in the Disarmament branch (1947-1950). The account contains some interesting comments on defence policy in Singapore in the 1930s, a visit to Japan in 1936, on his anti-terrorist duties in Palestine and on post war Germany, particularly with regard to rebuilding the cities and the housing problem; together with notes on conferences which he presided over as Chief Engineer British Troops in Egypt, August 1940-December 1942. Researching The Young Royal Engineers Officers "Major Gilbert Streeten (1890 – 1974) was born on 29th July 1890 and died in Yeovil in September 1974."
