Harry Reginald Antony Tony Streather OBE 1926-2018
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- 1st Gloster's, Brooke Barracks, Berlin, 1967
Lieutenant Colonel 384233 Harry Reginald Antony (Tony) Streather OBE Born 24 March 1926 died 31 October 2018 aged 91. He was at one time Commanding Officer of the 1st Gloucestershire Regiment. I served under him in 1967-1971 whilst in the Glosters.
Streather was originally commissioned into the Indian Army where he saw service towards the end of the Second World War He transferred to the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1947 and was immediately awarded his 'war rank' of Lieutenant He promoted to Captain in 1953 and to Lieutenant Colonel in 1967 In the 1965 New Year Honours he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire and in the 1977 New Year Honours he was promoted to Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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