Awards D.S.O. & O.B.E. 53698 Capt. Vivian Wakefield STREET, M.C. 1 Special Air Service

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    Awards D.S.O. & O.B.E. Capt. Vivian Wakefield Street, M.C. 1 Special Air Service (53698)

    O.B.E.

    Officer in charge of beach at Port Raphtis during Allied evacuation of Greece, 1941


    WO 373/77/595

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    Captured on a raid after having to leave their jeeps after running out of petrol and yomp sixty miles in 3 days to their rendezvous they arrived at Bir Dufan wadi where they were surrounded and captured by Italians.
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    Manged to evade capture whilst on an enemy submarine after it was hit by depth charges and bombarded by the Royal Navy, said to be Italian but the only u-boat lost in the Mediterranean on 13th January 1943 was U-224.
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    Making it back to his unit and was wounded Tunisia 26th April 1943.
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    Distinguished Service Order


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    Awarded Military Cross during 1938 as an intelligence officer with 14 Infantry Brigade in Palestine.

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    SOE File HS 9/1423/12


    Street’s private papers at Kings College London STREET, Maj Gen Vivian Wakefield (1912-1970)

    Born 1912; educated at Wellington and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; commissioned into The Devonshire Regt, 1932; Lt, 1935; service as Intelligence Officer, 14 Infantry Bde, Palestine, 1938; awarded MC, 1938; General Staff Officer 3, British Forces in Palestine and Transjordan, 1939-1940; served in World War Two, 1939-1945, with the Rifle Brigade, 1 Special Air Service Regt (SAS), and in Yugoslavia; acting Capt, 1939-1940; General Staff Officer 3, General Headquarters, Middle East, Cairo, Egypt, 1940; Capt, 1940; service in Kenya, 1940; attended Staff Course, Haifa, Palestine, 1940; General Staff Officer 3, G2, Force Headquarters, Athens, Greece, 1941; Officer in charge of beach at Port Raphtis during Allied evacuation of Greece, 1941; General Staff Officer 2, 1941; awarded OBE, 1941; General Staff Officer 2, General Headquarters, Middle East, 1941-1942; War Substantive Maj, 1942; General Staff Officer 1, 1942; acting Lt Col, 1942; service with 1 Special Air Service Regt (SAS), based at Kabrit, Egypt, and raided behind enemy lines, North Africa, 1942-1943; captured by Italians, 1942; escaped from torpedoed Italian submarine, 1943; service with Rifle Bde, Tunisia, 1943; General Staff Officer 1, 1943-1944; awarded DSO, 1944; Assistant Quartermaster General, 1944; General Staff Officer 1 and Second in Command, British Military Mission, Yugoslavia, 1944; commanded Bde, 1945; Maj, 1946; General Staff Officer 2, War Office, 1946-1947; General Staff Officer 2, Anti-Aircraft Command, 1947-1948; General Staff Officer 2, Directing Staff, Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, 1948-1950; General Staff Officer 1, Defence Ministry, 1950-1952; Brevet Lt Col, 1951; Lt Col, 1953; Col, 1954; temporary Brig, 1954; commanded Parachute Bde, Territorial Army, 1954-1956; Deputy Director of Staff Duties, War Office, 1956-1957; awarded CBE, 1958; Military Adviser to Hussein bin Talal, King of Jordan, 1959-1961; Brig, 1960; Maj Gen, 1961; General Officer Commanding 3 Div, 1961-1962; awarded CMG, 1962; retired 1963; Justice of the Peace, 1966; Member, National Hunt Committee, 1967; Chairman, Save the Children Fund, 1967; died 1970.
     
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    Street's Military Cross Palestine
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    The Daily Colonist (18th December 1938
     
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    The Tatler 13 June 1945
     
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    Newsweek (US Edition) 15th February 1943 Issue 7 Volume 21

     
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