Marshall St John Oswald

Major-General Marshall St John Oswald CB CBE DSO MC was a British Army officer who served as Director of Military Intelligence.

Marshall St John Oswald
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Battles/wars	Second World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order Military Cross

Military career

Oswald was commissioned into the Royal Artillery.[1] He served in the Second World War during which he was awarded the Military Cross[2] and the Distinguished Service Order.[3]

After the War he became Chief of Staff for I (BR) Corps in 1959 and Director of Military Intelligence in June 1962, in which capacity he dealt with the defection of the intercept operator Brian Patchett,[4] before retiring in 1965.[5]

He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1961 Birthday Honours.[6] and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1965 New Year Honours.[7]

References

1. "Recommendation for Award for Oswald, Marshall St John". National Archives. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
2. "No. 35934". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 March 1943. p. 1176.
3. "No. 37004". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 March 1945. p. 1709.
4. Harding, Thomas (2015). The House by the Lake. William Heinemann. ISBN 978-0434023226.
5. "Army commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
6. "No. 42370". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1961. p. 4148.
7. "No. 43529". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1965. p. 2.