Mike Wingate Gray
Mike Wingate Gray | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 July 1921 |
| Died | 3 November 1995 (aged 74) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | British Army |
| Years of service | 1941–1973 |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Service number | 172279 |
| Unit | Black Watch |
| Commands held | Special Air Service 22 Special Air Service Regiment |
| Battles/wars | Second World War Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation Aden Emergency |
| Awards | Officer of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross & Bar |
Brigadier Walter Michael Wingate Gray, OBE, MC & Bar (17 July 1921 – 3 November 1995) was a British Army officer who served as Colonel SAS from 1967 to 1969.
Military career[edit]
Educated at Wellington College, Wingate Gray was commissioned into the Black Watch in February 1941 during the Second World War.[1] After serving in North Africa, he took part in the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 for which he was awarded the Military Cross (MC), and then the Normandy landings in 1944 for which he was awarded a Bar to his MC.[1]
Wingate Gray was appointed commanding officer of 22 Special Air Service Regiment in 1964,[2] and was deployed to Borneo during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation and then to Aden during the Aden Emergency before becoming Commander SAS Group as a colonel in 1967.[2] Promoted to brigadier, he went on to be Deputy Commander, Gibraltar in 1969 and then military attaché in Paris in December 1971, before retiring in 1973.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Obituary: Brigadier Mike Wingate Gray Herald Scotland, 11 November 1995
- ^ a b Sicilian campaign cover signed by Brigadier Walter Michael Wingate Gray OBE MC
- ^ Letter from Sir Bernard Ferguson
- 1921 births
- 1995 deaths
- British military attachés
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire
- Black Watch officers
- Special Air Service officers
- British military personnel of the Aden Emergency
- British military personnel of the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
- British Army personnel of World War II
- British Army brigadiers