Maurice Arthur John Tugwell

TUGWELL, Maurice Arthur John Died peacefully on Oct. 10, 2010 in Victoria, BC. He is survived by his wife Claire, their children Andrew and Julia, and his children Belinda, Justin and Gail by a previous marriage. Born on the Isle of Wight in 1925, he attended Bedford School, and enlisted in the British Army in 1943. He was commissioned in the Parachute Regiment in 1944, and in the course of his career served in Germany, India, Palestine, Malaya, Cyprus, Bahrain, Aden, N. Ireland and Iran. In 1973 he was appointed a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for his service in N. Ireland. He retired with the rank of Brigadier in 1978, and was awarded a PhD from the Dept. of War Studies at the University of London in 1979. After emigrating to Canada with his family in 1978, he co-founded the Centre for Conflict Studies at the University of New Brunswick, and six years later established the Mackenzie Institute for the Study of Terrorism, Revolution and Propaganda in Toronto. He retired in 1990 and moved to Victoria with his family. He wrote Airborne to Battle 1971; Arnhem, A Case Study 1975; Skiing for Beginners 1977; Peace with Freedom 1988; Herzl Street 1998; and contributed to The Unquiet Peace 1957; Armies in Low-Intensity Conflict 1989; Deception Operations: Studies in the East-West Context 1990; and Democratic Responses to International Terrorism 1991. Maurice was an avid skier, hiker and traveller, a keen music lover, and a prolific reader. He suffered from Parkinson's for the last few years of his life, and will be sorely missed by his family and friends on both sides of the Atlantic. A memorial service will be held at 3:00pm Monday, October 18 at St. Luke's Anglican Church, Cedar Hill X Road, followed by a reception. 606885