JOHNSON THOMAS UMUNAKWE AGULYI-IRONSI: THE MAN CALLED IRONSIDE

Johnson Thomas Umunakwe Agulyi-Ironsi was born near Umuahia, a pretty hill town in the centre of the eastern region, in march 1924. He was educated partly at Urnuahia and partly at Kano in the north, enlisting in the army as a private at the age of eighteen. he spent the rest of the second world war along the west African coast and returned in 1946 as a twenty-two-year-old company sergeant-major. Two years later he went to Camberley Staff College for Officer training and returned in 1949 as a second Lieutenant to West Africa Command Headquarters, Accra, and thence to ordnance depot, Lagos. Here he transferred to an infantry regiment. As a lieutenant he was A.D.C. to the Governor, Sir John Macpherson, and, a newly promoted captain attended the Coronation in London in June 1953. Becoming a major in 1955 he was named equerry to the queen on her tour of Nigeria in 1956. in September 1960 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel and got his first command, the fifth battalion at Kano. The same year he commanded the Nigerian contingent of the United Nations Force in the Congo against the Katangese and showed he was more than a staff officer. When the Austrian medical team and the relieving Nigerian soldiers were besieged by the rebels, he flew in alone, in a light plane, and personally negotiated their release. The Austrian government decorated him with the Ritter Kreuz First Class.

In 1961 and 1962 he was military adviser to the Nigerian high commission in London and while there was promoted to the rank of brigadier. He then did a course at the Imperial Defence College. In 1964 he returned to the Congo as commander of the entire U.N. peace-keeping force with the rank of major-general, AFRICA�S FIRST OFFICER TO HOLD THAT COMMAND. During operations there he confronted single-handed an enraged mob in Leopoldville and persuaded them to disband. These and similar exploits earned him the affectionate nickname of 'Johnny Ironside'. On his return to Nigeria he reverted to brigadier and took over the first brigade, but soon succeeded major-general Welby-Everard, the last British G.O.C. of the Nigerian army, and again became a major-general. He was, said a British civil servant speaking later and choosing his words carefully, 'a very upright man'.

Culled From: The Making Of An African Legend: The Biafra Story By: Frederick Forsyth

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Mtscheww

pDude: So how does this long, boring story reduce the price of yam in the market?

Mtscheww

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akpu nku:

you just spat out the level of your miniature i.q

Well, that didn't answer my question dammit. Long tori, no substance. Is Aguyi Johnson umunakwe blah blah your village Igwe?

pDude:

Well, that didn't answer my question dammit. Long tori, no substance. Is Aguyi Johnson umunakwe blah blah your village Igwe?

ignores post...

akpu nku:

ignores post...

In your best interest.

pDude: So how does this long, boring story reduce the price of yam in the market?

Mtscheww

If the price of yam was your primary problem how come you are looking for solution in NL

kettykin:

If the price of yam was your primary problem how come you are looking for solution in NL

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JOHNSON THOMAS UMUNAKWE AGULYI-IRONSI: THE MAN CALLED IRONSIDE

Johnson Thomas Umunakwe Agulyi-Ironsi was born near Umuahia, a pretty hill town in the centre of the eastern region, in march 1924. He was educated partly at Urnuahia and partly at Kano in the north, enlisting in the army as a private at the age of eighteen. he spent the rest of the second world war along the west African coast and returned in 1946 as a twenty-two-year-old company sergeant-major. Two years later he went to Camberley Staff College for Officer training and returned in 1949 as a second Lieutenant to West Africa Command Headquarters, Accra, and thence to ordnance depot, Lagos. Here he transferred to an infantry regiment. As a lieutenant he was A.D.C. to the Governor, Sir John Macpherson, and, a newly promoted captain attended the Coronation in London in June 1953. Becoming a major in 1955 he was named equerry to the queen on her tour of Nigeria in 1956. in September 1960 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel and got his first command, the fifth battalion at Kano. The same year he commanded the Nigerian contingent of the United Nations Force in the Congo against the Katangese and showed he was more than a staff officer. When the Austrian medical team and the relieving Nigerian soldiers were besieged by the rebels, he flew in alone, in a light plane, and personally negotiated their release. The Austrian government decorated him with the Ritter Kreuz First Class.

In 1961 and 1962 he was military adviser to the Nigerian high commission in London and while there was promoted to the rank of brigadier. He then did a course at the Imperial Defence College. In 1964 he returned to the Congo as commander of the entire U.N. peace-keeping force with the rank of major-general, AFRICA�S FIRST OFFICER TO HOLD THAT COMMAND. During operations there he confronted single-handed an enraged mob in Leopoldville and persuaded them to disband. These and similar exploits earned him the affectionate nickname of 'Johnny Ironside'. On his return to Nigeria he reverted to brigadier and took over the first brigade, but soon succeeded major-general Welby-Everard, the last British G.O.C. of the Nigerian army, and again became a major-general. He was, said a British civil servant speaking later and choosing his words carefully, 'a very upright man'.

Culled From: The Making Of An African Legend: The Biafra Story By: Frederick Forsyth

Source: www.igbocongress.com/forums.php

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9ja voice:

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