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Colonel Michael Anthony (Constantine) Demetriadi, OBE, TD, KStJ[1]

Male 1920 - 2006  (85 years)


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  • Name Michael Anthony (Constantine) Demetriadi 
    Title Colonel  
    Suffix OBE, TD, KStJ 
    Birth 20 Oct 1920  London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 Feb 2006  Woodbridge, Suffolk, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • DOD from ThePeerage.com
    Burial All Saints Cemetery, Brandeston, Suffolk, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Residence: 2002, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
    • Residence: 13 Bruton Street, Mayfair, London, England
    • Education: Radley School, England.
    • Colonel. Major 1st Bt. Royal Welch Fuseliers (1941-46). Burma Star and Knight of St John. Twice mentioned in despatches. Wounded twice in Burma. Senior management trainee with J. & P. Coats Ltd., Glasgow (1947).
    • He served with the Royal Fusiliers (T) from 1939 to 1941 and then the Royal Welch Fusiliers from 1941 to 1946, becoming a Major, wounded and twice mentioned in despatches. In 1947 he joined J. & P. Coats, Ltd., Glasgow and became a Raw Cotton Specialist in 1951 and an Administrator in 1956. He became a Brevet Colonel of the Royal Welch Fusiliers (T.A.) in 1967 and Colonel in 1968; He was ADC to H.M. The Queen in 1974 and 1975. He was awarded the T.D. He was a J.P. and member of the Secretary of State for Scotland’s Advisory Committee on the appointment of JPs in Dunbartonshire from 1973 to 1976. He was Deputy Secretary of the Diocese of St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich from 1979 to 1986. He was a Commissioner for St. John Ambulance Suffolk from 1979, Director from 1986-90 and Commander from 1984 to 1992. He was made a Knight of Justice of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in 1988. He was awarded the O.B.E. in 1993.
    • Travel: Constantine Demetriadi, 36, merchant; Mrs. Edna Beryl Demetriadi, 23, and Michael Anthony Demetriadi, 1 month, res. 193 St. James Court, S.W., future permanent residence India, departed London 10 Dec 1920 for Karachi on Viceroy Of India; Constantine Demetriadi, 55, no profession; Edna Demetriadi, 42, and Michael Demetriadi, 18, res. 193 St. James Court, S.W., future permanent residence England, departed London 26 Aug 1939 for Marseilles, France on Viceroy Of India.
    • Listing on ThePeerage.com.
    • The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address St. James Court, Buckingham Gate, City of Westminster, London, lists Constantine C Demetriadi, b. 1 Aug 1884, Com. Director & East India Merchant, Retd; wife Edna B M E Demetriadi, b. 29 Jul 1899, Actress; and Michael A. Demetriadi, b. 20 Oct 1920, Musical Student.
    Person ID I1993  Negroponte-Agelasto
    Last Modified 11 Dec 2021 

    Father Constantine Constantine (Constantine) Demetriadi, MBE ,   b. 1 Aug 1884, Manchester, Lancashire, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Aug 1951, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Edna Beryl Mavis Erskine (Seymour) Maule Cole,   b. 29 Jul 1896, Calcutta, Bengal, British India Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Sep 1984, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 23 Oct 1919  Karachi, British India Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • or Bombay (LDS transcription says both).
    • or 22 Oct 1919 (LDS transcription says both)
    Family ID F862  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Anna (Ambrose) Rodocanachi,   b. 10 Jan 1928, Manchester, Lancashire, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 2015, Brandeston, Suffolk, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 18 Sep 1948  Blyth, Suffolk, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Engagement notice appeared in The Times (London) 28 Apr 1948.
    Children 
    +1. Living
    +2. Living
     3. Living
    Family ID F856  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Sep 2017 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Oct 1920 - London, England UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 18 Sep 1948 - Blyth, Suffolk, England UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Feb 2006 - Woodbridge, Suffolk, England UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - All Saints Cemetery, Brandeston, Suffolk, England UK Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    13 Bruton Street, London, England
    13 Bruton Street, London, England
    photo 2009; Michael Demetriadi resided at this Mayfair address.

    Headstones
    Michael Demetriadi Grave Monument
    Michael Demetriadi Grave Monument
    All Saints' Church burial ground, Brandeston, Suffolk, England. Photo courtesy Gravestone Photographic Resource.

  • Sources 
    1. [S124] 1939 England and Wales Register.



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