with the most terrific name !! :mosking: does anybody know anything about him ? I know he was in the Royal Engineers and was thought to be "a most exceptional officer and as brave as a lion " !!
This is even more grand .... Sir Mark Chandos Auberon Henniker, 8th Baronet (1906-1991) CBE,DSO,MC,DL Born in 1906; educated at Marlborough College, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and King's College, Cambridge; commissioned into Royal Engineers, 1926; Lt, 1927; served in India, 1928-1934, including Mohmand Campaign, 1933; Capt, 1936; served in UK, 1937-1939 and France, 1939-1940; Commander, Royal Engineers, 1 Airborne Div, 1942; served in North Africa, 1943, Italy, 1943, North West Europe, 1944-1945, and India, 1946-1947; publication of Memoirs of a junior officer (William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1951); Commander, 63 Gurkha Infantry Bde, Malaya, 1952-1955; Brig, 1955; publication of Red shadow over Malaya (William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1955); Commander, Royal Engineers, 1 British Corps, Egypt, 1956; publication of Life in the Army today (Cassell and Co, London, 1957; retired in 1958; Honorary Col, Parachute Engineer Regt, 1959-1968; Honorary Col, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 1964-1968; died in 1991. AIM25 collection description Grave of Sir Mark Chandos Auberon Henniker, Bt, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., D.L. on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
