Basil Aubrey Coad
| Basil Aubrey Coad | |
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Coad (left) with Lieutenant Colonel Charles Green, Commanding Officer of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, at Taegu, Korea on 28 September 1950.
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| Born |
27 September 1906 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England |
| Died | 26 March 1980 (aged 73) Wiltshire, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1926–57 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Unit | Wiltshire Regiment |
| Commands held |
2nd Division 27th British Commonwealth Infantry Brigade 30th Infantry Brigade 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division 130th Infantry Brigade 5th Battalion, Dorset Regiment |
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| Awards |
Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order & Bar Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States) |
| Other work |
Colonel of the Regiment, Wiltshire Regiment, later the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire |
Major General Basil Aubrey Coad, CB, CBE, DSO & Bar, DL (27 September 1906 – 26 March 1980) was a senior British Army officer. He held battalion, brigade and divisional commands during the Second World War and immediately after, but is best known as the commander of the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade during the Korean War.
After his involvement in Korea, he held a further divisional command, and then a senior administrative position in the army before retiring. In retirement, he continued his connection with the army, serving as Colonel of his former regiment, and assisting in writing the British official history of the Korean War. He was also appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire.
Coad was born on 27 September 1906 at Portsmouth, Hampshire. He was educated at Felsted School and Royal Military College, Sandhurst. From Sandhurst he was commissioned into the British Army as a second lieutenant in the Wiltshire Regiment on 4 February 1926. He was soon bound for India to join the 1st Battalion. After a few years' service there he was posted to Shanghai, then one of the treaty ports, in January 1929, promoted to lieutenant on 4 February, and appointed as Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal from December that year.
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