William Marsden Eastman

William Marsden Eastman

Infobox Military Person
name=William Marsden Eastman


caption=
born=26 October 1911
died=1980
placeofbirth=Brentford, England
placeofdeath=Malta
nickname=
allegiance=United Kingdom
branch=British Army
serviceyears=Retired 1966
rank=Brigadier
unit=Royal Army Ordnance Corps
commands=RAOC Training Centre
battles=World War II bomb disposal
awards=
relations=
laterwork=

Brigadier William Marsden Eastman GC (1911-1980) was awarded the George Cross for his gallant bomb disposal work on 6 November 1940 on Malta. Notice of his award appeared in the "London Gazette" on Christmas Eve, 1940. [LondonGazette |issue=35022 |startpage=7207 |supp= |linkeddate=1940-12-24 |accessdate=2007-11-01 ]

After the war he commanded the RAOC Training Centre until his retirement in 1966, when he retired with his wife to Malta , where he died, and is buried in the Ta' Braxia Cemetery in Pietà [ [http://www.dinlarthelwa.org/Upload/Vigilo%2028%20website.pdf Famous People Buried at Ta' Braxia, Vigilo 28 (the magazine of the National Trust of Malta)] ] .

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* [http://www.gc-database.co.uk/recipients/EastmanWM.htm George Cross database, accessed 19 November 2007.]


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