Cherie's Place » Sir Charles Gairdner http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:49:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Lieutenant General Sir Charles Gairdner http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/17/lieutenant-general-sir-charles-gairdner/ http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/17/lieutenant-general-sir-charles-gairdner/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2015 21:10:09 +0000 CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15054 Lieutenant General Sir Charles Gairdner

GBE KCMG KCVO CB

He commanded the 10th Hussars from 1937 to 1940, and was Colonel of the Regiment from 1949 to 1952. After the Second World War he was head of the United Kingdom Liaison Mission to Japan, and Prime Minister’s personal representative. Between 1951 and 1968 he was Governor of Western Australia and then Tasmania. He died in 1983, aged 85.*

Highly Decorated

*From information next to the painting

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