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Michael Singleton
George Michael Singleton, CBE, MC, TD (12 May 1913 – 11 December 2002) was an English schoolmaster, soldier and first-class cricketer. The son of a headmaster of The Elms School at Colwall, near Malvern, he succeeded his father in the post and ran the school from 1946 until 1973. A Military Cross-winning infantry officer in the Second World War and widely known as Colonel Michael Singleton, he became in 1974 the first High Sheriff of Hereford and Worcester.
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George Michael Singleton, CBE, MC, TD (12 May 1913 – 11 December 2002) was an English schoolmaster, soldier and first-class cricketer. The son of a headmaster of The Elms School at Colwall, near Malvern, he succeeded his father in the post and ran the school from 1946 until 1973. A Military Cross-winning infantry officer in the Second World War and widely known as Colonel Michael Singleton, he became in 1974 the first High Sheriff of Hereford and Worcester.
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