Stuart Cousens

1914_08_30 Birth of Henry 'Stuart' Cousens - See 'Report made of Birth in the City and Island of Bombay - dated 30 August 1914 (mentions his parents places of birth): "Nationality: British (European).

Parents: Pure European and Presbyterian religion."

1939-45 "When Dragons Flew - An Illustrated History of the 1st Battalion The Border Regiment"

Arnham reminiscenses, conversion to glider-borne Battalion in 1st Airborne Division, etc. Has record of Stuart Cousens and photos.

1st British Airborne Division

Arnhem, September 1944===

Cousens, Henry Stuart, 30.08.1914 -06.2004

• Worthing, West Sussex
• Education: Royal Military College; psc, fs 30.08.1934
• 2nd Lt. 30.08.1934 [63589]
• 'Lt. 30.08.1937
• A/Capt. 12.06.1940-11.09.1940
• T/Capt. 12.09.1940-01.10.1940
• WS/Capt. 02.10.1940
• Capt. 30.08.1942
• A/Maj. 02.07.1940-01.10.1940
• T/Maj. 02.10.1940-29.08.1947
• Maj. 30.08.1947 (retd 15.09.1955)

commissioned, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (09.1944)

Second-in-Command, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, evacuated]) 15.09.1955 -
10.07.1965 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

1944

1948-49 War Office, GSO 2 Adjutant General's Dept.

1950 Qualified at Royal Air Force College, Bracknell

1951-2 Service in UK and Egypt (Canal Zone)

1952-55 Intelligence Branch, Air Ministry London GSO 2 Joint Service

1955 Retired from service on pension

Civilian life - newspaper advertising and research, village sub-postmaster, village potter (ceramics)

Qualified Army parachutist

Marriage 1: Pauline (Polly) Hale - daughter Gillian, son Richard, son Charles

Marriage 2: Betty 'Anne' Cory Walker (Lee) - daughter Jennie.

Marriage 3: Jan Donaldson

Last six years of his life, suffered from Parkinsons - a family disease? (Basil Tugwell and two of his sons (Lewen and Maurice) having it as well).