Major-General Sir John Charles Oakes Marriott, KCVO, CB, DSO and Bar, MC (born 1895; died 1978) was a British Army officer during World War I and World War II. Marriott won both the DSO and MC as well as the French Croix de Guerre fighting in World War I. In World War II he commanded Indian 29th Infantry Brigade, part of Indian 5th Infantry Division, in the East African Campaign and the 22nd Guards Brigade (under various names) in the Western Desert Campaign.

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  • 19? - 1950
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  • Major-General Sir John Charles Oakes Marriott, KCVO, CB, DSO and Bar, MC (born 1895; died 1978) was a British Army officer during World War I and World War II. Marriott won both the DSO and MC as well as the French Croix de Guerre fighting in World War I. In World War II he commanded Indian 29th Infantry Brigade, part of Indian 5th Infantry Division, in the East African Campaign and the 22nd Guards Brigade (under various names) in the Western Desert Campaign. Ha avoided capture when the brigade was forced to surrender when Tobruk was captured on 20 June 1942 by German and Italian forces. He retired in 1950 having achieved the rank of Major General and was knighted in the same year.
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  • Major-General Sir John Charles Oakes Marriott, KCVO, CB, DSO and Bar, MC (born 1895; died 1978) was a British Army officer during World War I and World War II. Marriott won both the DSO and MC as well as the French Croix de Guerre fighting in World War I. In World War II he commanded Indian 29th Infantry Brigade, part of Indian 5th Infantry Division, in the East African Campaign and the 22nd Guards Brigade (under various names) in the Western Desert Campaign.
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