Brigadier Alexander Henry Delap West, TWIN DSO

Brigadier Alexander Henry Delap West

The Peerage #459542,

• Born on 27 December 1877.
• Son of Reverend Henry Matthew West and Helen Mary Dunlop.
• Married Harriet Laura Chichester, daughter of Reverend Edward Arthur Chichester and Hon. Mary Agnes Cubitt, on 8 June 1915.
• Died on 10 March 1959 at age 81 at Newbury, Berkshire, England
• Educated at Haileybury College, Haileybury, Hertfordshire, England and at Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England
• Fought in the Boer War between 1900 and 1902, where he was mentioned in despatches, and was wounded.
• Fought in the First World War between 1914 and 1918, where he was mentioned in despatches four times.1
• Awarded the Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1917 and bar (1918.)
• Brigadier between 1928 and 1932 in the Royal Artillery, Eastern Command
• Awarded the Royal Humane Society's Silver Medal.
• Lived in 1958 at Broomdown, Chieveley, Newbury, Berkshire, England

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