Lt Col PH Macklin OBE

Commanding Officer - The East Surrey Regiment
(The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment)

Commanded 2/6^th Bn The East Surrey Regiment from August 1943 to July 1944 and 13^th (HD) Bn The Queen's Royal Regiment from July to August 1944.

Paul Herbert Macklin, known as 'Micmac', was born on 18^th September 1899. He was commissioned in The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment in August 1918. Apart from service with his Regiment he was seconded to the Auxiliary Force, India from February 1928 to January 1936. He was GSO II Home Forces from January to September 1940. He commanded 9^th Bn The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment ,from June 1941 to July 1942. In August 1943 he was appointed to command 2/6^th Bn The East Surrey Regiment and in July 1944 he was appointed to command 13^th (HD) Bn The Queen's Royal Regiment.
From 25^th August 1944 to 18^th June 1945 he commanded 2^nd Bn The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment and the 1^st Battalion from 8^th May 1946 to 21^st August 1947.
He retired from the Army on 7^th November 1949.

He was made an OBE for his services.

He died on 23^rd June 1976.

For obituary see the Journal of The Queen's Regiment Vol 10 No 2 December 1976 page 73.

 

 

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