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Charles Barnet Cameron Harvey (1900-1996)

Soldier
Service No:18516
Rank:Major, later Lieut Colonel
Role:Commanding Officer, 23H
Known as:Roscoe
Service:Joined 23H from 10th Royal Hussars on 1 Dec 1940. Left to command 10th Royal Hussars on 2 Sep 1941. Later Brigadier, commanding 29th Armoured Brigade.
Award(s):DSO (1942) and 2 Bars (1943, 1945)
Mentioned in:
War Diary
1 Dec 1940, 2 Sep 1941
23H Story
Page 6, Page 7, Page 8, Page 12, Page 17
Images:[Photo 1, left] [Photo 2, left]
Civilian
Occupation:Horse Trainer and Racing Administrator
Residence:Highfield, Pwesey, Wiltshire (1939),
Oddington Top, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire
Birth:19 Jul 1900 in Sarawak, Borneo
Death:28 Mar 1996 at Oddington Top
Burial:St Nicholas Churchyard, Oddington, Gloucestershire [Grave]
Marriage [1]:to Iris Daphne (Biddy) Mylne 25 October 1926 in Kensington, London (divorced)
Children:1 son, 1 daughter
Marriage [2]:to Betty Stoddard Horn (widow) registered Mar 1966 in Chelsea, London
Parents
Charles David HarveyAnnie Cameron
Company Manager.
Sarawak, Borneo.
Born 3 Jun 1863.
Baptism 5 Jul 1863 at Saint Mark's Presbyterian Church, Greenwich, Middlesex.
Died 3 Feb 1902 at Helonan, Cairo, Egypt.