ADAIR, Allan Henry Shafto  
 
PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Adair, Allan Henry Shafto
Date of birth: November 3rd, 1897 (London, England)
Date of death:  August 4th, 1988
Nationality:  British
     
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER (DSO)
Rank: Lieutenant-colonel (Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, British Army)
Awarded on: August 27th, 1940
 
     
MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES
Rank: Brigadier
Unit: Commander, 30th Independent Infantry Brigade (Guards), British Army
Awarded on: April 29th, 1941
 
     
MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES
Rank: Major-general
Unit: General Officer Commanding Guards Armoured Division, British Army
Awarded on: March 22nd, 1945
 
     
COMPANION OF THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH (CB)
Rank: Major-general
Unit: General Officer Commanding Guards Armoured Division, British Army
Awarded on: March 29th, 1945
 
     
WAR MEDAL 1939-1945
 
     
COMMANDEUR IN DE ORDE VAN LEOPOLD
 
     
CROIX DE GUERRE (1939-1945)
Details: With Palm.
 
 
 
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Information source(s):   - Smart, N., Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War, Pen & Sword Books Limited, Barnsley, England, 2005
- unithistories.com
   
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