Ashton Wade

Major-General Douglas Ashton Lofft Wade, (13 March 1898 – 14 January 1996) was a British Army officer who commanded Malaya District after the Second World War.

Military career Wade was commissioned into the Royal Garrison Artillery in 1916 and served in the First World War in France and Belgium from 23 September 1916 to 20 December 1916 and in Italy from 20 September 1917 to 4 November 1918. He was wounded twice, awarded the Military Cross (MC) and was mentioned in despatches. The citation for his MC appeared in The London Gazette in September 1918 and read:

Wade transferred to the Royal Corps of Signals in 1921, by which time the war was over. He served as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General in Quetta in India from 1 January 1938 to 31 July 1939. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 1 July 1941.

Wade continued his war service as assistant adjutant and quartermaster general for 2nd Division in Hull from 16 May 1941 to 3 October 1942. He was appointed deputy adjutant general and acting major-general 4 October 1942 in Simla and as commander of the Madras Area in India from 1944.

Family In 1926 Wade married Heather Bulmer; they had one daughter. Following the death of his first wife he married Cynthia Halliday (née Allen) in 1972.

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