Lest we forget - Maurice Arthur John TUGWELL

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

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 .