Harry Grimshaw

Harry Grimshaw
Born(1911-06-30)30 June 1911
India
Died1 November 2007(2007-11-01) (aged 96)
Amesbury Abbey
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Indian Army
British Army
Years of service1931โ€“1965
RankMajor General
Service number50117
Unit1st Punjab Regiment
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Commands held44th (Home Counties) Division
19th Infantry Brigade
1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
161st Indian Infantry Brigade
1st Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment
Battles/warsSecond World War Malayan Emergency
Mau Mau uprising
Suez Crisis
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches (2)

Major General Ewing Henry Wrigley Grimshaw, CB, CBE, DSO (30 June 1911 โ€“ 1 November 2007) was a senior British Indian Army and British Army officer who served in the Second World War and achieved high office in the 1960s.


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