Lieutenant-General Sir Terence Douglas Herbert McMeekin (27 September 1918 – 3 August 1984) was a

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officer who commanded 3rd Division.

Military career

McMeekin was commissioned into the

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in 1938. He served in

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as a general staff officer before becoming Brigade Major, Royal Artillery for 1st Airborne Division in 1945. He was appointed Commanding Officer of 29th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery in 1960, Chief Instructor (Tactics) at the School of Artillery at

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in 1962 and Commander of 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade Group in Malaya in 1964, where his troops were responsible for capturing numerous

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n raiding forces, most prominently at

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on 29 October 1964. He went on to be Director of Public Relations (Army) at the Ministry of Defence in 1967, General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3rd Division in 1968 and Commandant of the National Defence College in 1970. His last appointment was as GOC South East District in 1972 before retiring in 1975. In retirement he was Lieutenant of the

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from 1981 and 1983 and a Freeman of the

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.Memorial inscriptions
St Mary's Church, Beverston He lived at the Old Rectory in

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and there is a memorial to him at St Mary's Church there.

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Portrait of Sir Terence McMeekin
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