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Maurice Arthur John TUGWELL
He
was commissioned in the Parachute Regiment in 1944, and in the course
of his career served in
Germany
,
India
,
Palestine
,
Malaya
,
Cyprus
,
Bahrain
,
Aden
, N. Ireland and
Iran
. In 1973 he was appointed a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for
his service in
N. Ireland
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TUGWELL, Maurice
Arthur John Died peacefully on Oct. 10, 2010 in
Victoria
,
BC
. He is survived by his wife Claire, their children Andrew and
Julia, and his children Belinda, Justin and Gail by a previous
marriage. Born on the Isle of Wight in 1925, he attended
Bedford
School
, and enlisted in the British Army in 1943. He was commissioned in
the Parachute Regiment in 1944, and in the course of his career
served in
Germany
,
India
,
Palestine
,
Malaya
,
Cyprus
,
Bahrain
,
Aden
, N. Ireland and
Iran
. In 1973 he was appointed a Commander of the British Empire (CBE)
for his service in
N. Ireland
. He retired with the rank of Brigadier in 1978, and was awarded a
PhD from the Dept. of War Studies at the
University
of
London
in 1979. After emigrating to
Canada
with his family in 1978, he co-founded the Centre for Conflict
Studies at the
University
of
New Brunswick
, and six years later established the Mackenzie Institute for the
Study of Terrorism, Revolution and Propaganda in
Toronto
. He retired in 1990 and moved to
Victoria
with his family. He wrote Airborne to
Battle
1971;
Arnhem
, A Case Study 1975; Skiing for Beginners 1977; Peace with Freedom
1988;
Herzl Street
1998; and contributed to The Unquiet Peace 1957; Armies in
Low-Intensity Conflict 1989; Deception Operations: Studies in the
East-West Context 1990; and Democratic Responses to International
Terrorism 1991. Maurice was an avid skier, hiker and traveler, a
keen music lover, and a prolific reader. He suffered from
Parkinson's for the last few years of his life, and will be sorely
missed by his family and friends on both sides of the
Atlantic
.
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