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ian gourlay wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 early life 2 military career 3 later life 4 personal life 5 references 6 external links toggle the table of contents ian gourlay add languages add links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia redirected from sir ian gourlay english royal marines general 1920 2013 general sir ian gourlay kcb cvo obe mc born 1920 11 13 13 november 1920 chorlton lancashire england died 17 july 2013 2013 07 17 aged 92 london england military career allegiance united kingdom branch royal marines service years 1940 1975 rank general commands commandant general royal marines 1971 75 3 commando brigade 1966 68 42 commando 1963 65 conflicts second world war cyprus emergency suez crisis indonesia malaysia confrontation awards knight commander of the order of the bath commander of the royal victorian order officer of the order of the british empire military cross mentioned in despatches general sir basil ian spencer gourlay kcb cvo obe mc 13 november 1920 17 july 2013 was a royal marines officer who served as commandant general royal marines from 1971 to 1975 early life edit gourlay was born on 13 november 1920 to brigadier k i gourlay and victoria may gourlay née oldrini he was educated at eastbourne college a private school in eastbourne east sussex 1 military career edit gourlay was commissioned into the royal marines in 1940 2 his commission was confirmed on 20 january 1942 and he was given seniority in the rank of lieutenant from 14 june 1941 3 he served on the aircraft carrier hms formidable 4 with which he saw active service in the arctic the indian ocean and the mediterranean between 1941 and 1944 1 promoted to acting captain on 16 june 1944 5 he served in 43 commando in yugoslavia and italy from 1944 to 1945 1 he was awarded the military cross for his actions fighting at šolta in the dalmatian islands in 1944 6 promoted to captain on 15 june 1949 7 gourlay was mentioned in despatches in january 1957 for distinguished services in operations against terrorists in cyprus 8 in the queen s birthday honours that year he was also appointed officer of the order of the british empire in recognition of distinguished services in the operations in the near east october to december 1956 9 gourlay was appointed commanding officer of 42 commando in 1963 colonel on the general staff of the commandant general royal marines in 1965 and commander of 3 commando brigade in 1966 he went on to be commander training group royal marines in 1968 and commandant general royal marines in 1971 4 1 with promotion to lieutenant general on 1 november 1971 10 and to full general on 1 november 1973 11 he was described by lord mountbatten who had been colonel commandant of the royal marines as the best commandant general the royal marines had ever had 12 gourlay was appointed knight commander of the order of the bath in the 1973 birthday honours 13 and retired from the royal marines on 9 june 1975 14 later life edit in retirement gourlay became director general of the united world colleges serving from 1975 to 1990 he had been convinced to take up the position by lord mountbatten during the end of his time in the royal marines 15 he was appointed commander of the royal victorian order in the 1990 new year honours in recognition of his services in the role 16 gourlay died on 17 july 2013 17 personal life edit in 1948 gourlay married natasha zinovieff they had one son and one daughter 4 lady gourlay died in 2018 at the age of 97 18 references edit 1 2 3 4 gourlay gen sir basil ian spencer who s who 2013 a c black november 2012 retrieved 24 july 2013 gourlay sir basil ian spencer born 1920 general survey of the papers of senior uk defence personnel 1900 1975 liddell hart centre for military archives king s college london retrieved 24 july 2013 no 35479 the london gazette 6 march 1942 p 1064 1 2 3 debrett s people of today 1994 no 38635 the london gazette supplement 7 june 1949 p 2852 obituary general sir ian gourlay the times 23 july 2013 retrieved 4 february 2020 no 38652 the london gazette 28 june 1949 p 3182 no 40987 the london gazette supplement 25 january 1957 pp 653 654 no 41092 the london gazette supplement 4 june 1957 pp 3415 3416 no 45532 the london gazette supplement 29 november 1971 p 13050 no 46138 the london gazette supplement 26 november 1973 p 14082 peterson alexander duncan campbell 2003 schools across frontiers the story of the international baccalaureate and the united world colleges 2 ed chicago ill open court publishing p 124 isbn 9780812695052 no 45984 the london gazette supplement 22 may 1973 p 6474 no 46582 the london gazette supplement 23 may 1975 p 6830 sir ian gourlay united world colleges retrieved 24 july 2013 cite web cs1 maint deprecated archival service link no 51981 the london gazette supplement 29 december 1989 pp 3 4 telegraph announcements gourlay external links edit royal marine officers 1939 1945 military offices preceded by sir peter hellings commandant general royal marines 1971 1975 succeeded by sir peter whiteley v t e commandants general of the royal marines sir thomas hunton sir dallas brooks sir leslie hollis sir john westall sir campbell hardy sir ian riches sir malcolm cartwright taylor sir norman tailyour sir peter hellings sir ian gourlay sir peter whiteley sir john richards sir steuart pringle sir michael wilkins sir martin garrod sir henry beverley sir robin ross david pennefather sir robert fulton sir robert fry tony milton david wilson sir james dutton garry robison andy salmon buster howes ed davis martin smith sir robert magowan sir charles strickland matthew holmes sir robert magowan sir gwyn jenkins retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ian_gourlay oldid 1363506944 categories 1920 births 2013 deaths british military personnel of the cyprus emergency british military personnel of the indonesia malaysia confrontation british military personnel of the suez crisis commanders of the royal victorian order knights commander of the order of the bath officers of the order of the british empire people educated at eastbourne college recipients of the military cross royal marines generals royal marines personnel of world war ii military personnel from manchester hidden categories articles with short description short description 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