| 词条 | John Westall |
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|name= Sir John Westall |image= |image_size= |alt= |caption= |nickname= |birth_date= 1901 |birth_place= Napier, New Zealand |death_date= 1986 |death_place= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= Royal Marines |serviceyears= 1919–1955 |rank= General |unit= |commands= Commandant General Royal Marines |battles= Second World War |awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire |relations= |laterwork= }} General Sir John Chaddesley Westall, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|KCB|CBE}} (1901–1986) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Commandant General Royal Marines from 1952 to 1955. Military careerBorn in Napier, New Zealand,[1] Westall joined the Royal Marines in 1919.[2] He served in the Second World War as a Staff Officer in intelligence activities in Singapore and Malaya from 1939 and as a Staff Officer in intelligence activities in India and Burma from 1942 before becoming a Staff Officer at the Director of Naval Intelligence Department in the Admiralty in 1944.[2] After the war he became Commander of Infantry Training Centre, Royal Marines and then a Staff Officer in intelligence activities in Cape Town from 1947.[2] He was appointed Chief Staff Officer at Plymouth in 1948, Commander of the Royal Marine Barracks at Plymouth in 1949 and Commander of the Royal Marine Barracks at Deal in 1950.[2] He went on to be Chief of Staff to the Commandant General Royal Marines in 1951, and Commandant General Royal Marines in 1952 before retiring in 1955.[2] References1. ^A brief history of the Royal Marines and New Zealand {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Sir Leslie Hollis}}{{s-ttl|title=Commandant General Royal Marines|years=1952–1955}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Campbell Hardy}}{{s-end}}{{RM Commandant General}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Westall, John}}2. ^1 2 3 4 Sir John Chaddesley Westall Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives 6 : 1901 births|1986 deaths|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath|Royal Marines generals|Royal Marines personnel of World War II |
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