Catalogue description WHITE, MAJOR GENERAL G A (1916-2003)

Born in Kingston, 1916. Enlisted in Artists' Rifles, 1935. Commissioned into 1/6th Battalion, 1939. Served as Staff Officer with Headquarters, 4th Infantry Division, 1942-1943. Attended Staff College, Camberley, 1944. Returned to 4th Division as Brigade Major of 10th Infantry Brigade. Joined UK Delegation to Military Staff Committee of emerging United Nations Organisation in New York, 1946. Served in Salonika with 1st Battalion, the East Surrey Regiment, 1948. Appointed Military Assistant to the Vice-Chief of the Imperial Staff. Became the first commanding officer of the newly amalgamated 1st Battalion, the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment, 1959. Joined staff of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, then the Chief of Defence Staff. Commanded 56th (London) Brigade. Appointed Brigadier General of the Staff at Headquarters, British Army of the Rhine, and later Head of the Joint Services Liaison Organization, with the task of dealing with difficulties between the British Services and German civil authorities. Retired, 1971. Died, 2003.