Brig.Gen. Edmund James Paton Walsh , Born 1897; Wellington College, Berkshire, until 1916, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Royal Artillery, 1918-1935; service in Palestine and Syria, 1940; Assistant Provost Marshal on GHQ, Northwestern Expeditionary Force (Norway); Deputy Provost Marshal, 1 Army, North Africa, [1942-1943]; Chief Instructor and Commandant, C Wing, Civil Affairs Staff Centre (CASC), 1943-1944; served in Allied Control Commission Germany, including on the Quadripartite Commission charged with the detection of war criminals, [1944-1947]; retired from active service and promoted to Brigadier, 1947; Governor HM Prison Service; died 1985. He was Governor of Wandsworth Prison 1961-3 and maybe for a broader span of years. Postwar Germnay, he was head of the "Penal section". Liddell hart Centre for Military Archives holds many papers concerning him. Corps Regiment No Rank Royal Field Artillery Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Lieutenant Date 1914-1920 He was a referee for the application for re-naturalisation of Clare Margaret nee Wallis in 1947.
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