| 词条 | Michael Whitworth Prynne |
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|name=Michael Whitworth Prynne |birth_date=1 April 1912 |death_date=27 September 1977 |birth_place= |death_place= Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom |serviceyears= |rank= Major General |branch= British Army |current position= |commands= |unit=Royal Engineers |battles=Second World War |awards=CB, CBE |laterwork= }} Major General Michael Whitworth Prynne CB CBE (1912–1977) was a senior British Army officer. BiographyBorn on 1 April 1912, Michael Whitworth Prynne was educated at Bedford School, at St John's College, Cambridge and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He received his first commission in the Royal Engineers in 1932. During the Second World War he served in Iran, Iraq, North Africa and Italy. He was Military Attaché to Moscow between 1951 and 1953, was appointed as Deputy Director of the War Office in 1960, and was Chief of Staff, Headquarters, Southern Command, between 1964 and 1967.[1] Major General Michael Whitworth Prynne was invested as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1962,[2] and as a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1966.[3] He retired from the British Army in 1967 and died, with his wife, in a road accident in Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, on 27 September 1977.[4]References1. ^Who's Who {{DEFAULTSORT:Prynne, Michael Whitworth}}2. ^http://www.gravelroots.net/documents/store2/longaz_02061962.pdf 3. ^https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/43854/supplement/3/data.pdf 4. ^The Times, 28 September 1977 9 : 1912 births|1977 deaths|British Army generals|People educated at Bedford School|Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge|Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich|British Army personnel of World War II|Companions of the Order of the Bath|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire |
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