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Patrick Holberton Man was born on 17 March 1913 in Kent the son Hubert William and Beryl (Holberton) Man. He married Barbara Joan Marion Marsh on 29 September1938, at Southsea, Hampshire. He died on 10 October 1979 in Saxmundham, Suffolk. Barbara was born on 7 June 1912 and died on 21 October 2005 at St Theresa's Residential Care Home, London. The ashes of both Pat and Barbara were scattered at the White Gates over the River Deben at Campsea Ashe, Suffolk. Patrick and Barbara belong to Generation Seven, their two living children belong to Generation Eight. MAN, Patrick Holberton (1913-1979), Major General Service biography Joined Hampshire Regt 1933; World War II 1939-1945; France and Belgium 1939-1940; Staff Capt, 22 Infantry Bde 1940-1941; General Staff Officer Grade 2, 4 Infantry Div 1941; General Staff Officer Grade 2, War Office 1941-1942; General Staff Officer Grade 2, Staff College, Camberley 1942-1943; Assistant Quartermaster General, Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia 1943-1944; Director of Administration Planning, Headquarters, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia 1944-1945; RAF Staff College 1946-1947; Assistant Adjutant General, War Office 1947-1950; Middle East 1950-1952; General Staff Officer Grade 1, Imperial Defence College 1952-1953; Malaya 1954-1956; Director of Administration Planning, War Office 1956-1957; Brig, 'Q' Operations, War Office 1958-1959; British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) 1959-1963; General Officer Commanding, Aldershot District 1963-1966; Director of Personal Services (Army), Ministry of Defence 1966-1968; retired 1968; Col Commandant Military Provost Staff Corps 1967-1972. Patrick Man was a British Army Major General and was awarded the CBE, DSO and MC. He retired from the Army in 1968/9. |