Major Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...

Robert Townshend Anwyl-Passingham OBE DL JP (16 October 1867 – 10 June 1926) was Deputy Inspector-General of Military Police in Burma and Double Company Commander of the 72nd Punjabis.''Supplement to The London Gazette'', 7 June 1918, Issue 30730, p. 6708
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served as Assistant Director of Recruiting in Wrexham and later Assistant Director of National Service for North Wales; for his wartime service he was made OBE. A prominent figure in

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, Anwyl-Passingham served as a JP, DL, and, in 1925, as High sheriff of that county.''The London Gazette'', 16 November 1923, Issue 32880, p. 7852
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Life

Robert Townshend Passingham was born in London on 16 October 1867, the son of Major Robert Townshend Anwyl-Passingham, DL, JP, of Bryn-e-groes, Merioneth. His younger brother,

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(1880–1955), was a soldier. Two of his sisters married Italian noblemen. ''The Visitation of England and Wales'', vol. 18 (1914), pp. 63-64. He was educated at

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and Sandhurst, and changed his surname to Anwyl-Passingham by deed poll on 8 October 1888. Anwyl-Passingham was commissioned as a lieutenant in the

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on 30 January 1886 and served with the Burmese Expedition between 1886 and 1889 (medal with clasps). He joined the Madras Staff Corps of the

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on 4 March 1888 and was appointed wing officer; he served again in Burma between 1889 and 1892 with the 12th Mounted Infantry (Burma Battalion). In January 1892 he was made station commander (3rd Class) at

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and attained the rank of captain in January 1897. In 1898, Anwyl-Passingham became commandant of the Mogaung Battalion, Burma Military Police, and in 1900 officiated as Deputy Inspector-General of Military Police in Burma. He spent the remainder of his career with the 72nd Punjabis as a major and Double Company Commander. He retired in 1907. During

, Anwyl-Passingham was assistant director of recruiting in Wrexham and later assistant director of national service for North Wales; for his wartime service he was appointed

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(OBE) in the 1918 Birthday Honours. A prominent figure in

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, he served as JP, DL, and, in 1925, as High Sheriff of that county. On 7 January 1906, Anwyl-Passignham married Charlotte Angie Bigoe. He died in North Wales on 10 June 1926, aged 58.''

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'', London, 11 June 1926, p. 1

References

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