Malayan emergency plaque awarded to Field Marshal James Cassels

By brataccas ( January 15, 2017 at 12:28 am) · Filed under History forum

got this for £5, didnt realise it belonged to a high ranking officer who has his own wiki page, and a chief general of the general staff at one point

Quote:

Field Marshal Sir Archibald James Halkett Cassels GCB, KBE, DSO (28 February 1907 – 13 December 1996) was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army. As well as being a first-class cricket player, he served in World War II, commanded the 1st Commonwealth Division in the Korean War and was Director of Operations in Malaya during the Malayan Emergency. He later advised the British Government on the implementation of the 1966 Defence White Paper.

the plaque reads:

"Presented to General Sir A James H Cassels KBE CB DSO
Colonial commandant corps of military police
by Marjor T M Dillon-White. RMP provost Marshal and
all ranks of the corps of federation military police on
the occasion of the alliance between the two corps
Malaya 1959


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