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Boyle, Robert Verelst, 1907-1988, Lieutenant Colonel
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Dates of existence
1907-1988
History
Born 1907; educated Clifton College and Royal Military College Sandhurst; commissioned into The Loyal Regiment as 2nd Lieutenant, 1927; Lieutenant, 1930; Senior Staff Officer, Bannu, North West Frontier Province, 1934; secondment to the Nigeria Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force, 1936-1938; Captain, 1937; instructor, Army School of Chemical Warfare, 1938-1939; General Staff Officer 3 at General Headquarters, British Expeditionary Force, 1939-1941; General Staff Officer 2, Headquarters Combined Operations, UK, 1941-1942; General Staff Officer 1, Headquarters Combined Chiefs of Staff, USA, 1942-1944; Major, 1944; US Army Strategic Planning Staff, 1944; second in command, 2 Battalion, The Loyal Regiment, Italy, 1944; second in command, 1 Battalion, The Loyal Regiment, Palestine, 1945; General Staff Officer 1 (Operations and Plans), General Headquarters Mideast, 1945-1947; second in command, 1 Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment, Trieste, 1947-1948; command, 1 Battalion, The Loyal Regiment, Somaliland, Cyprus and Egypt, 1948-1950; Lieutenant Colonel, 1948; Directorate of Military Training, War Office, 1950-1952; retired, 1952; joined Richard Thomas and Baldwins Ltd, 1956; died 1988.
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0099 KCLMA
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Final
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Further information is available at the National Archives (F76755)