Kenneth Bastyan

Major General Kenneth Cecil Orville Bastyan CB, CBE (10 December 1906 – 21 March 1975) was a senior British Army officer.

Kenneth Bastyan
Born(1906-12-10)10 December 1906
Frimley Green, Surrey, England[1]
Died21 March 1975(1975-03-21) (aged 68)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor General
UnitRoyal Corps of Signals
Battles/warsSecond World War
Malayan Emergency
AwardsOrder of the Bath
Order of the British Empire

Biography

Born in Frimley Green and educated at Bedford School, Kenneth Bastyan was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Corps of Signals in 1926. During the Second World War he served in India, Iraq and Burma. He served in Malaya during the Malayan Emergency, between 1951 and 1953. He was Chief Signals Officer for Far Eastern Land Forces (British Army) between 1953 and 1954, Deputy Signal Officer-in-Chief at the War Office between 1954 and 1957, and Chief Signal Officer to the British Army of the Rhine and the Northern Army Group between 1957 and 1960.[2]

Major General Bastyan was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1959.[3] He died on 21 March 1975.

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gollark: I'm not convinced that the "if it alone leads to the development of modern science" thing is true, and I still don't agree regardless of that.
gollark: In any case, "spreads better than competitors" doesn't make it "better" in some way *for you to hold*.
gollark: I'm not very knowledgeable on the history, but I doubt what happened was a historical certainty. I think one pivotal thing was one of the emperors converting, and without that it might never have taken over.
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References
  1. 1911 England Census
  2. "Kenneth Bastyan". Who's Who.
  3. "No. 41727". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 June 1959. p. 3699.
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