NEW GOVERNOR OF GIBRALTAR
(8.0.W.) RUGBY, May 30. Major-General F. N. Mason-Macfar-lane has been appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar, in succession to General Lord Gort, who was recently appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta. Major-General Mason-Macfarlane. who is 52 years of age, was promoted to acting major-general on the outbreak of war and went with Lord Gort to France as Director of Military Intelligence in the British Expeditionary Force. During the withdrawal to Dunkirk he was placed in command of a hastily-assembled force, known as the “Macforce” to hold the river crossings on the British right flank. He was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order. After the Dunkirk evacuation he was appointed to command the troops at Gibraltar. Last June, when Germany attacked Russia, he headed the British Military Mission 'to Moscow. Throughout the past year he had kept in the closest possible touch with the Russian High Command.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19420601.2.50
Bibliographic details
Southland Times, Issue 24758, 1 June 1942, Page 5
Word Count
153NEW GOVERNOR OF GIBRALTAR Southland Times, Issue 24758, 1 June 1942, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Southland Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.