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35435 Lieutenant-Colonel The Honourable Somerset Arthur MAXWELL, MP, MiD, Royal Signals: 20/12/1942

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    Personal Number: 35435
    Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel
    Name: The Honourable Somerset Arthur MAXWELL, MP, MiD
    Unit: Royal Corps of Signals


    London Gazette : 13 January 1939
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34589/page/289/data.pdf
    ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS.
    Mobile Divl. Sigs.—
    Capt. Hon. S. A. Maxwell, M.P., from T.A. Res. of Off. (this Unit) to be Capt. with seniority as in the T .A . 7th Dec. 1938.

    London Gazette : 30 December 1941
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35396/page/7344/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:—
    ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS.
    Maj. (temp. Lt.-Col.) Hon. S. A. Maxwell, M.P. (35435)
     
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    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/f...ails/2209485/the-hon-somerset-arthur-maxwell/
    LIEUTENANT COLONEL The Hon. SOMERSET ARTHUR MAXWELL
    Service Number: 35435
    Regiment & Unit: Royal Corps of Signals
    Secondary Unit, Regiment: formerly of the 1st County of London Yeomanry (Middlesex Yeomanry)
    Date of Death: 30 December 1942
    Age 36 years old
    Buried or commemorated at HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: 3. B. 10.
    Location: Egypt
    Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
    Additional Info: Son of Arthur Kenlis Maxwell, D.S.O., 11th Baron Farnham and of Lady Farnham (nee Coote), of Farnham, Co. Cavan, Irish Republic; husband of Susan Maxwell, of Ewhurst, Surrey. M.P. for the King's Lynn Division of Norfolk, 1935-1942.
     
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    First Name: S A, Hon
    Surname: Maxwell
    Date of Death: 30/12/1942
    Fate: Died of Wounds
    More Information: M.P. (Member of Parliament)
    Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
    Service Number: 35435
    Duty Location: Middle East
    Service: British Army
    Regiment: Royal Corps Of Signals
    Gallantry Awards: Mentioned in Despatches (MiD)
    Gazette Info:https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35396/pages/7344
    Gazette Date: 30/12/1941
    Gazette Page: 7344
    Duty Location: MEE
     

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