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    Lieutenant Colonel Terence Brandram Hastings Otway DSO, (15 June 1914 – 23 July 2006) was an officer in the British Army, best known for his role as commander...
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    battery at Merville arrived at the rendezvous point. Lieutenant Colonel Terence Otway, in charge of the operation, decided to proceed regardless, as the emplacement...
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  • songwriter, and humorist Lee Otway (born 1982), British singer and actor Robert Otway (1770–1846), British admiral Terence Otway (1914–2006), Commander of...
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    known as D-Day. A British force under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Terence Otway succeeded in capturing this position, suffering heavy casualties. The...
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    commander and he was replaced as commanding officer by Lieutenant Colonel Terence Otway. By 1944 a headquarters or support company, was added to the battalion...
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    part of the 3rd Parachute Brigade, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Terence Otway. The battalion's normal complement of 600 men was supported by a troop...
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  • pseudonym "Terence O'Toole." He was also a contributor to the Dublin University Magazine. Otway died on 16 March 1842 in Dublin, at the age of 63. Otway is best...
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    a considerable distance from the designated DZ. Lieutenant-Colonel Terence Otway, the commander of the battalion, landed with the rest of his stick 400...
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  • in 1945 with 168 boys. During the war 102 former pupils died; Lt Col Terence Otway won a famous DSO for his action in capturing the Merville Battery on...
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    be auctioned". The Watford Observer. 24 August 2012. "Terence Brandram Hastings Otway". The Otway Family Tree. Quentin Skinner; Tony Wrigley (17 November...
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