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Brigadier Edwin William Conquest Flavell DSO, MC & Two Bars (22 February 1898 – 29 November 1993) was a British soldier who served in both the First World War and Second World War, commanding 1st Parachute Brigade and 6th Airlanding Brigade in the latter conflict before becoming Deputy Chief of Staff HQ First Allied Airborne Army. ==Family Background== Flavell was born on 22 February 1898 at 15 Stansfield Road, Stockwell, London.〔''The Daily Telegraph'' obituary, dated 22 December 1993, and most other sources, gives the place of birth as Cookham, Berks. The place of birth is verified from the birth certificate.〕 He was educated at King's College School in Wimbledon, London. Flavell died on 29 November 1993 aged 95.〔 Some sources give 8 November or 1 December 1993 as the date of death. Son of Edwin George Flavell, who was born Theobalds Road, Luton, Beds 1871, and Emily Eliza Flavell (née Conquest), born Grays Inn Road, London W.C. 1874. His father was a commercial clerk and his mother a cashier in a drapery store or manufacturing outlet. He had an older sister, Constance Lillian Flavell, born 1895. In the 1911 Census the thirteen-year-old scholar was given as living with his parents and sister at 39 Almeric Road, Battersea Rise, London (just west of Battersea Common). He married in 1920 to Nora Cooper, having two sons and a daughter with her. He married for a second time, to Kathleen Fenton,an accomplished concert pianist. One son, James Sydney Channel Flavell(living at 2 Browning Road, Harpenden, Herts when registering the death), served in the Middlesex Regiment and the other in the RAF. Flavell, and both sons, were at Arnhem in 1944. Later domiciles include: 47 Sarsfield Road, Balham, London, SW12 (1921); "La Clytte", 56 Parkfield Road, Ickenham, Middlesex (sample dates 1923–39, but maybe longer); 4 Carlton House, West End Lane, Hampstead, London, NW6 (sample date 1952); from 14.11.60 "The Penthouse", 86 Eaton Place, Pimlico, London, SW1 (to 1965 and maybe longer). An undated address is given for after 1938 of 28 Park Gate, Eastbourne. A temporary address for 22.10.41 is given as Lt. Col. E. Flavell, 2nd Parachute Battalion, c/o G.P.O. Chesterfield, Derbyshire. At some point in the 1940/50s he lived at 31 Milton Court, Milton Road, Ickenham, Middlesex. In the Ickenham Lodge No. 5770 (Middlesex) Members' Record Book, at the Consecration of the Lodge on 27 February 1939, it is noted that his occupation was "company director", then living at his Hampstead address. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edwin Flavell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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