Sir cosmo haskard biography of william
SIR COSMO HASKARD: AN OBITUARY - Falkland Islands Journal...
governor, was born on 25 November 1916 in Dublin, the son of John McDougall Haskard, a British army officer and his wife Alicia, née Hutchins, whose family had been landowners in Co Cork.
His earliest years were spent in Ireland and England and in 1923 he went with his father to Egypt and two years later to China.
Sir cosmo haskard biography of william
In 1928 he was sent back to England to prep school from where he went on to Cheltenham. In 1931 his father, Brigadier-General Haskard, retired and settled near Bantry in Co Cork. Haskard went on to Sandhurst and passed out in second place at the end of the course.
However, a chest infection caused him to fail his medical which led to a change in career prospects. In 1937 he entered Pembroke College, Cambridge, to read modern languages with colonial service in mind.
War and Africa
War with Germany becoming increasingly likely, Haskard received a Territorial Army commission at Cambridge and when war broke out he joined the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
His application to join t