Lieutenant-General Sir Terence Douglas Herbert McMeekin KCB OBE (27 September 1918 – 3 August 1984) was a British Army officer who commanded 3rd Division.
[1] He served in World War II as a general staff officer before becoming Brigade Major, Royal Artillery for 1st Airborne Division in 1945.
[1] He was appointed Commanding Officer of 29th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery in 1960, Chief Instructor (Tactics) at the School of Artillery at Larkhill in 1962 and Commander of 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade Group in Malaya in 1964, where his troops were responsible for capturing numerous Indonesian raiding forces, most prominently at Kesang River on 29 October 1964.
[1] He went on to be Director of Public Relations (Army) at the Ministry of Defence in 1967, General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3rd Division in 1968 and Commandant of the National Defence College in 1970.
[2] He lived at the Old Rectory in Beverston in Gloucestershire and there is a memorial to him at St Mary's Church there.