Service Details
Name:
 TAIT
Given Name:
 Sir WILLIAM ERIC CAMPBELL
Initials:
 W E C
Rank:
 Admiral
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Regiment:
 Royal Navy
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Date of Death:
 1946-07-17
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Age:
 60
Cause of Death:
 Died of coronary thrombosis
Decorations:
 K C B, M V O, K St J, Grand Officer of the Order of the Orange Nassau (Netherlands)
Citations:
 M V O - LG 28 September 1917, C B - LG 9 July 1940, Promoted to K C B - LG - 1 January 1943 (New Year's Honours), Grand Officer of the Order of the Orange Nassau (Netherlands) LG - 27 February 1945 - "For services to the Royal Netherlands Navy", Knight in the Order of St. John and Jerusalem - LG 22 June 1945
Additional
Information:
Son of Deputy Surgeon General William Tait, M.B, R.N. and Mrs. Tait, of Alverstoke, Hampshire; husband of Lady Tait (nee Grenfell), of Westminster, London. Director of Personal Services 1941, Commander-in-Chief, African Station 1942-1944. Governor of Southern Rhodesia 1945-1946. A.D.C. to H.M. King George VI.
Commemoration
Country:
 Zimbabwe
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Locality:
 Harare (Salisbury)
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Cemetery:
 HARARE (PIONEER) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Right of the Cross of Sacrifice.

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