Matt Abraham

Major-General Sutton Martin O’Heguerty Abraham CB MC (26 January 1919 - 15 May 2001) was a British military officer.

Career

Abraham was born to Captain Edgar Abraham, of the Indian Civil Service, and Ruth Eostre Abraham. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was commissioned into the 12th Royal Lancers in 1939.[1] He won two MCs within a year during operations in the Western dessert in 1942.[1]

He served as Colonel of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers, 1977-1981.[2]

Personal life

He married married Iona Margaret, daughter of Sir John Stirling KT in 1950. Together, they had two sons and one daughter.

References
  1. "Obituary: Major-General Matt Abraham". The Times (67141). 17 May 2001. p. 23.
  2. "Maj-Gen Matt Abraham". The Daily Telegraph. 6 June 2001. Retrieved 2021-08-31.

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