Kendal Chavasse

Colonel Kendal George Fleming Chavasse, DSO and bar (28 September 1904 − 31 March 2001, in County Waterford, Ireland), was an Irish-born British Army officer who saw service in World War II.

In January 1939 Chavasse returned to the United Kingdom where he attended the Staff College, Camberley, where Scott was among his fellow students.

56 Recce fought in Tunisia as part of 78th Division and between 25 November and 10 December 1942 it operated east of Oued Med Jerga.

[3] As a temporary Colonel, he served briefly with 5th Army as British Deputy Chief of Staff and then returned to England to run the Reconnaissance Training Centre at Catterick.

He was a founder member of the Irish Farmers' Association and a prominent participant in local activities such as the West Waterford Hunt and the Dungarvan Show.