This officer has commanded his Battalion on Active Service with marked ability during the whole of the East African campaign.
By his devotion to duty, his personal example, and coolness under fire, he has set a very fine example to his Battalion with the result that they have assumed the offensive spirit to a marked degree.
In recent operations at UADARA, North of NEGHELLI (Negele, Ethiopia), his Battalion were acting as an Independent unit directly under Division.
Between 1946 and 1951 he commanded the 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment in Germany and the 129th Infantry Brigade in Oxford.
In September 1952, while on local leave, he suffered a heart attack and died in hospital at Malindi, Mombassa on 19 December 1952.