Any information on Major Alec Pettifor, 15 ABOD

Hi,

I have happened upon this website while helping my mother track down her family line. We have a real lack of information on a Major Alec Pettifor (O.B.E) and I was wondering if any of you would know where to get any more information on the gentleman? Or even better, If any of you have any first or second hand information!

For reference that O.B.E. recommendation letter has the following:

Unit: 15 Advanced Base Ordnance Depot
Parent Corps: Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Rank: Major
Personal/Army number: 249986
Initiating officer: Colonel Commandant R. J. MEECH, 15 A.B.O.D.
Date: 2 July 1953

Finally, while there is a gentleman in the family with this exact name, this may not be him! That's why I'm looking to find more information, so as to confirm or reject it.

Many thanks,
George

Hi, This is all I could find!  Suspect 1948.

Great, thanks! Sorry for my ignorance, but I'm surprised that I can't find a place to find record using his "Personal/Army number". Is this data protection type stuff stopping me from looking at people who have been alive too recently?

The London Gazette

The UK Birth Marriage and Death record for the first quarter 1965 spells his forename as Alic instead of Alec, which may have fogged yr researcher

Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Mar 1965 (>99%)
PETTIFOR ALBERT E 87 Nuneaton 9c 1015
PETTIFOR ALIC A 52 N.Kesteven 3b 130
PETTIFOR ARTHUR T 57 Mk T. Bosworth 3a 886

He was born 1st qtr 1913 (Mother's maiden name Kemp)


Surname First name(s) Mother District Vol Page
Births Mar 1913 (>99%)
Pettifor Alec A Kemp Fulham 1a 354

His siblings would be Donald T (1921) and Iris F L (1927)

Someone called George was trying to trace Major Pettifor. Going by his service number he is the same Lieutenant-Colonel Alec Arthur Pettifor O.B.E. who was the father of my close friend and tennis partner Richard. He was originally with the R.A.O.C. and, as far as I remember, was latterly based in the War Office. He died on 15 March 1965. They lived in Pinner, Middlesex and his wife was Patricia. Richard died in tragic circumstances aged 19 years old just 18 months after his father. Richard was their only child.

I hope this is useful.

Andrew Lewis
Woking
Surrey

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I only ever knew a Brian Pettifer, Royal Signals on Cyrus in 1980.