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Cecil Martin Fothergill ('Peter') Deakin (December 1910 – 8 September 1992) was a

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officer.

Military career

Deakin was commissioned into the

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on 29 January 1931. After serving the

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he became commander of 32nd Guards Brigade in July 1953, commander of 29th Infantry Brigade in January 1955 and Director of Military Training at the

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in January 1959. We went on to be General Officer Commanding

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in March 1959 and then Director-General of the Territorial Army in August 1960 before retiring in September 1962. He was known as "Peter".

Family

In 1934 he married Evelyn Mary Frances Grant, daughter of Colonel Sir Arthur Grant of Monymusk, 10th Baronet; they had a son and a daughter.Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003

References

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