Born in Bombay to Lieutenant Colonel Letterstedt Frederick and Edith (nee Murray) Childe, a well known Shropshire family. He married Lady Doria Lois Pelham-Clinton-Hope 22 Feb 1930 only 9 weeks after first meeting and 18 days after announcing their engagement. They divorced in December 1933.
By 1949 he was resigning as a Director on the Board of Hammonds United Brewery Ltd in Bradford.
| Unit or location | Role | Posted from | until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheviot, Area 11 | Intelligence Officer | 02 Jan 1941 | 01 Oct 1943 |
| Chiswell, Area 12 | Intelligence Officer | 03 Nov 1940 | 1943 |
Lynams, Oxford
Chartaton, Godalming
Charterhouse and Pembroke College, Cambridge
(1939) Wine shipper
To July 1924 – Lance Corporal, Charterhouse University Officer Training Corps
October 1929 - 2nd Lieutenant, General list Territorial Army, section B
8 Oct 1929 - Coldstream Guards
10 April 1940 - Posted to 8th Home Defence Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps.
15 April 1940 - Joined 8th Home Defence Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, for duty. To be 2nd Lieutenant, Late Supplementary Reserve of Officers (Coldstream Guards)
2 Nov 1940 - Transferred to 70th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps
3 Nov 1940 - Posted to GHQ Auxiliary units as Intelligence Officer, Special Duties
3 Nov 1940 - Assumed appointment Intelligence Officer GHQ Auxiliary Unit (Special Duties)
3 Nov 1940 - Transferred from Kings Royal Rifle Corps, to Intelligence Corps, as 2nd Lieutenant, and retains present seniority
3 Nov 1940 - Posted Intelligence pool
3 Nov 1940 - Acting Captain, unpaid
2 Jan 1941 Present to meet Captain John Hills on his arrival in Suffolk, [Temple Diary]
3 Feb 1941 - Temp Captain. War sub Lieutenant
17 Feb 1943 to 24 Feb 1943 - German Army refresher course, Number 2, Intelligence training Centre, Cambridge
16 March 1944 - Acting Major. Appointed General Staff Officer 2, Auxiliary Units with acting rank of Major
16 June 1944 - Temp Major. War sub Captain
24 Sept 1944 - Relinquished appointment of General Staff Officer 2, on posting to ICD, Rotherham
25 Sept 1944 - Attended Number 12 Civil Affairs staff course
1 Nov 1944 - Assumes appointment of SO2 (Civil affairs). Posted to No 1 Civil affairs pool and retains temp rank of Major. SO2 Civil affairs.
29 Jan 1945 - Attended War Office (LM5) fap
12 Feb 1945 - Posted to War Office (LM5) as General Staff Officer 3 , Relinquishes appointment of SO2 (Civil affairs). Number 1 Civil affairs pool, and retained Temp rank of Major
12 Oct 1945 - Stuck of unit strength
13 Oct 1945 - Proceeded to Number 4 Military dispersal unit for release
13 Oct 1945 to 7 Dec 1945 - Period of release leave
8 Dec 1945 - Date of Release. Relinquishes commission, and granted rank of Hon Major.
