About W.C.V. Galwey
Lived 1897 – 1977 (aged 79–80). W.C.V. Galwey was a British military personnel.
Brigadier William Charles Vernon Galwey (1897–1977) was a senior officer in the British Army who served in World War I and World War II.
Biography
Galwey was born on 18 February 1897, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Edward Galwey and Anne Louisa Valentine. He was educated at Bedford Modern School and commissioned in 1914 in the service of the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment. where he gained the rank of Brigadier in the service of the Royal Signals. He was appointed successively; Chief Signals Officer Palestine and Trans-Jordan (1939–41), Director of Military Communications, Syria and Lebanon (1941–43), Chief Signals Officer, British Troops in Egypt (1943–44), Chief Signals Officer, Western Command (1944-5), Chief Signals Officer Central Command (India) (1945-6), Chief Signals Officer, Allied Land Forces, South-East Asia (1946–47) and finally commander of the Training Brigade, Royal Signals (1947–50) after which he retired. He was invested as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1941.
Galwey died in 1977 in Surrey.
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British Army officer (1897–1977)
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W.C.V. Galwey was born in 1897.
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