Phayre, Robert Arthur
- Service number:
- 18175
- Nationality:
- British
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Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
- Unit:
- 147th Field Regiment, 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, British Army
- Awarded on:
- August 31st, 1944
Officier in de Kroonorde
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Acting Brigadier
- Unit:
- 147th Essex Yeomanry Regiment, British Army
- Awarded on:
- December 8th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Acting Brigadier
- Unit:
- 147th Essex Yeomanry Regiment, British Army
- Awarded on:
- December 8th, 1945
With palm
War Diary mentions
11 April 1945 WO 171/5084 - 13 Royal Horse
Armd Bde crosses at MANDESLOM and reaches R ALLER at SCHWARMSTEDT and ESPERKE. Night crossing by BC I Bty and 2 FOOs, in boats in sp of 4 KSLI. Comns - 18 sets. Eventually "dingo" across by raft and so 18-set for FOOs to BC, thence by 19-set in dingo back to Regt.
Lt Col AA phayrs, DSO, arrives from Essex Yeo to become CRA. Brig Phayre formerly comd H Bty in 1941.
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