Uniform for British Major General William Watson Richards

Here is a photo and some history on one of my British Generals uniforms.

Richards, Major-Gen. William Watson

C.B 1942; C.B.E 1941; M.C. 1919; Colonel Commandant Royal Army Ordnance Corps since 1947 (Representative 1951); Chairman Gold Coast Selection Trust Ldt. Ariston Gold Mines (1929) Ltd; Amalgamated Banket Areas Ltd, etc.

b.14/12/1892 son of Thomas Wilson Watson Richards, St. Hellier, Jersey

m. 1936 Alice Marie de los Angeles Cecile

daughter of Eugene Neuville, late Counsul-General of France at Gibralter.


Educated: privately


Served European War 1914-1918 (M.C)

Employed under air Ministry 1937-1939; served War 1939-1940 B.E.F., France, 1940-1943, M.E.F.(dispatches thrice, C.B., C.B.E.)

Director Clothing and Stores, War Office, 1943-1946;

Major General-1945

Controller of Ordnance Services, War Office, 1946-1948

Retired 1948


Legion of Merit

Czech War Cross 1939

Czech Medal of Merit 1st Class

Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class

 

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