1895 - 1967 (71 years)
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Name |
Jack Walter Hallowes |
Prefix |
Lt.-Col. |
Birth |
15 Jul 1895 |
Naini Thal |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
14 Jul 1967 |
Mobarnane House, Fethard, Tipperary |
Person ID |
I61665 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
24 May 2017 |
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Notes |
- Educ. Dartmouth. Commissioned in the Shropshire L.I. 11/11/1914. Lt. 18/5/15; T/Capt. 18/1/1916; Capt. att. Machine Gun Corps, 18/8/1917; T/Major (MGC)16/2/1918. During the Great War he served on the Western Front until Nov. 1915 and June-November 1918. Between those times he was in Greek Macedonia, Serbia, European Turkey and the Aegean. Despatches 1/1/1916; M.C.
After the war he was ADC to the GOC 5th. Div. Irish Command 27 Mar-13 June 1920, then Lt. 5th Kenya Bn KAR 16/1/1922-10/12/24. Adjutant TA 27/1/33- 15/5/35. Major, Shropshire L.I., 16/5/35. OC Light Infantry Training Centre, Shrewsbury, Jan-Oct 1940. Next he raised, and then commanded, the 7th Bn S.L.I. until May 1943, after which he held a number of Staff Appointments.
Res. Mobarnane House, Fethard, Tipperary, where he farmed 250 acres
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