Heywood, Thomas George Gordon
- Date of birth:
- December 27th, 1886 (Caen, France)
- Date of death:
- August 27th, 1943 (India)
- Buried on:
- Commonwealth War Cemetery Delhi
Plot: 7. Row: A. Grave: 15. - Service number:
- 12577
- Nationality:
- British
Biography
Rank: Major general. Killed in an air accident.
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Mentioned in Dispatches
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Captain
- Awarded on:
- December 6th, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Brevet Major
- Awarded on:
- June 11th, 1918
Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Brevet Major
- Awarded on:
- August 21st, 1919
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Brevet Major
- Awarded on:
- December 15th, 1919
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major-General
- Unit:
- Headquarters, 7th Anti-Aircraft Division, British Army
- Awarded on:
- July 9th, 1940
1940 Birthday Honours
Basilikon Tagma toy Georgioya A - Grand Commander
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major-General
- Unit:
- Military Mission to Greece, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government
- Awarded on:
- April 10th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major-General
- Unit:
- Military Mission to Greece, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government
- Awarded on:
- April 10th, 1942
Order of the White Eagle
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - CWGC
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31514/supplement/10606/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34893/supplement/4244/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35519/supplement/1595/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31514/supplement/10606/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13538/page/4061/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29851/supplement/11936/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30740/supplement/6918/data.pdf
- Biography of Major-General Thomas George Gordon Heywood (1886 – 1943), Great Britain
- SOE Heywood, Thomas George Gordon
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