RICHARDSON, Sam Scruton
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Rank:
Acting Temporary Captain (later Major)
Unit / Base:
Special Service (Commando) Group, Brigade, and Brigade Signals
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Born:
Wednesday, December 31, 1919
Died :
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Age:
84
Captain Sam Richardson RM, 3 Commando Brigade HQ Signal Officer, received a Mention in Despatches for distinguished service while operating with the Army in Burma and on the Eastern Frontier of India [1][1a][4].
- 1947 employed overseas with the Sudan Political Service, El Obeid, Sudan [1b].
- 31 December 1960 Commissioner for Native Courts, Northern Region, Federation of Nigeria, appointed O.B.E. (Civil Division) [2].
- 12 June 1965 Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Northern Nigeria, appointed C.B.E. (Civil Division) [3][4].
- 1968 Professor of Public Administration at the University of Mauritius [3].
Sources
[1] London Gazette 36925, page 757.
[1a] Navy Lists National Library of Scotland - website - digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/93479934.
[1] London Gazette 36925, page 757.
[1a] Navy Lists National Library of Scotland - website - digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/93479934.
[1b] Commando Association newsletter 5 (1947).
[2] London Gazette 42234, page 8932.
[3] London Gazette 43667, page 5491.
[4] Commando Association newsletter 46.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 119 issued September 2004.
Publication
'No Weariness: The Memoir of a Generalist in Public Service in Four Continents 1919-2000', author Sam Scruton Richardson.
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