| 词条 | Guy Prendergast (British Army officer) |
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|name= Guy Lenox Prendergast |birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|07|08}} |birth_place = Windsor, Berkshire, United Kingdom |death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|10|06|1905|07|08}} |death_place = Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire, Scotland |image=F prendergast.jpg |caption= Guy Lenox Prendergast |allegiance= |branch=, British Army |rank=Brigadier |commands=Long Range Desert Group |unit=Long Range Desert Group Special Air Service |battles=Second World War |awards=Distinguished Service Order }}Guy Lenox Prendergast {{post-nominals|DSO}} (8 July 1905 - 6 October 1986) was an English Saharan explorer, and British Army soldier in World War 2. He was the Commanding Officer of the Long Range Desert Group from 1941 to 1943.[1] Early lifeGuy Lenox Prendergast was born at Windsor in the county of Berkshire on 8 July 1905, the son of Mabel and Lieutenant-General Gerald Prendergast.[2] He was one of a group of British Saharan explorers in the late 1920s and early 1930s, which included Ralph Alger Bagnold, Pat Clayton and Bill Kennedy Shaw, who had explored the desert before the World War 2 and had gained much valuable experience in navigating its hostile terrain.[3] Prendergast learnt to fly as part of the Western Arab Corps in Sudan in the 1930s.[4] Military careerAfter the outbreak of the World War 2 Prendergast received a commission with the British Army's Royal Tank Regiment. Together with his explorer associates he was involved in the formation of the Long Range Desert Group (L.R.D.G.) under the command of Bagnold.[3] On 1 August 1941 Prendergast was promoted Lieutenant Colonel, and was appointed as the Commanding Officer of the L.R.D.G., which he led between November 1941 and October 1943.[5] After commanding the L.R.D.G., he went on to be Deputy Commander of Raiding Forces, and later Deputy Commander of the Special Air Service Brigade in 1944–1945, and subsequently Commander of the Free French SAS Regiments, with the rank of Brigadier-General. For his wartime service he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in December 1942.[6] and the Czechoslovakian Order of the White Lion III Class.[7] DeathHe died on 6 October 1986 at the age of 81 years. His body was buried at Strathoich Cemetery, in Fort Augustus, Scotland.[8] Notes1. ^'The Long Range Desert Group in World War 2', by Gavin Mortimer (Pub. Osprey, 2017). 2. ^Entry for Guy Prendergast in 'Geni.com' website (2018). https://www.geni.com/people/Brigadier-Guy-Prendergast/6000000013805473732 3. ^1 {{harvnb|Molinari|2007|p=14}} 4. ^{{cite book|last1=Mortimer|first1=Gavin|title=The Long Range Desert Group in World War II|date=20 April 2017|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=978-1472819338|page=77}} 5. ^{{harvnb|Molinari|2007|p=19}} 6. ^{{London Gazette |issue=35697|date=8 September 1942 |page=3948}} 7. ^{{London Gazette |issue=38122 |date=11 November 1947 |page=5354|supp=y }} 8. ^Entry for Prendergast's grave, Findagrave website (2019). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146803328/guy-lenox-prendergast References
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