37258 Major-General Sir Robert Edward LAYCOCK, KCMG, CB, DSO, KStJ

Major-General Sir Robert Edward Laycock, KCMG, CB, DSO, KStJ (18 April 1907 – 10 March 1968) was a senior British Army officer best known for his service with the British Commandos during the Second World War.

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BRITISH GENERALS 1939-1945
IWM H39029 : Object description - Major General Sir Robert "Lucky" Laycock (1907 - 1968): Laycock, Chief of Combined Operations, talking to Marine Commandos during an inspection shortly before D Day.

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Major-General Sir Robert Edward Laycock KCMG CB DSO KStJ
Birth: 18 Apr 1907 in London, England, United Kingdom
Death: 10 Mar 1968
Spouse:
Claire Angela 'Angie'Louise Dudley Ward 1916–1999 in London, England, United Kingdom daughter of the Right Honourable William Dudley Ward, and Freda Dudley Ward née Winifred May Birkin.
Married: 1935

In 1927, he was directed into the Royal Horse Guards and served in the WW2 as lieutenant-colonel with the commandos in Crete, North Africa, Italy and Sicily . Following such duties he was advanced to major-general and became Chief of Combined Operations in 1943.
In addition he was appointed to the position of Commander-in-Chief and Governor of Malta.


Children of Robert and Angie :
1.Joseph William Peter Laycock b{1938 drowned with his eight-year-old daughter Flora in a boating accident on the River Thames, and was survived by wife Eve Lucinda "Lucy" Fleming born 15 May 1947 (daughter of Peter Fleming and Dame Celia Johnson, actress 1908–1982 )and their two children.Lucy has remarried.
2.Benjamin Richard Laycock born 1947
3.Edwina Ottilie Jane Laycock born 1936 has married twice
4.Emma Rose Laycock, now Lady Temple born 1943 married 1964 Sir Richard Chartier Carnac Temple born 1937, elder son and heir of Sir Richard Antony Purbeck Temple, 4th Bt., of The Nash, MC ( 1913– 5 December 2007) by his first wife Lucy Geils de Lotbinière, d/o Alain Joly de Lotbinière, of Montreal.
5.Katherine Martha Laycock born 1949 married 1969 David Mlinaric born 1939 They've three children.

Robert suffered a fatal heart attack while walking home from church on 10 March 1968.

 

His brother
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Major, Nottinghamshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps. Son of Brigadier-General Sir Joseph Frederick Laycock, K.C.M.G., D.S.O., and Katherine Mary Laycock, of Wiseton, Nottinghamshire. Awarded the Military Cross. Age Unknown.

 

Biography published by Mead in 2016.

 

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Peter Laycock : Service number: 52970
52970 Lieutenant-Colonel Peter LAYCOCK, MC, Nottinghamshire Yeomanry & Commandos

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Ten Commando

THE POLISH ARMY IN BRITAIN, 1940-1947
IWM HU128103 : Object description : Captain Władysław Smrokowski, the CO of the 1st Independent Commando Company (6th Troop of the 10th Inter-Allied Commando), celebrating Easter Sunday in Polish custom - by sharing a piece of egg with Major Peter Laycock, the Deputy CO of the 10th Commando, 25 April 1943. Note a Captain of the Home Guard in the background.



ALLIED ARMIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1940-45
H31039 : Group photograph of officers of No. 10 Inter-Allied Commando taken at No. 6 Commando HQs near Brighton. Front row: Lieutenant Stanisław Wołoszowski, the Deputy CO of the 6th Troop (1st Polish Independent Commando Company); Captain Peter Mulders of the 2nd Dutch Troop; Captain George Danloy of the 4th Belgian Troop; Captain R. Hauge of the 5th Norwegian Troop, and Captain Philippe Kieffer, the CO of the 1st French Troop. Back row: Captain E. F. Lutyens, the 4th Belgian Troop; Captain J. G. Clarke, Adjutant; Lieutenant Colonel Dudley Lister, the CO of the 10th Commando; Major Peter Laycock, the Deputy CO of the Commando; Captain Bryan Hilton-Jones, the 3rd (X) Troop and Captain C. A. Hodges, Medical Officer.

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