Military Career
Having been a cadet of the Officer Training Corps, Rawlinson was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant on 1 September 1914, in the first year of World War I. He transferred from the General List into the York and Lancaster Regiment. He was made a temporary lieutenant on 29 December 1914. On 26 June 1916, he was seconded to the Machine Gun Corps. He was promoted Lieutenant on 21 December 1916, while still seconded to the Machine Gun Corps. He resigned his commission on 27 February 1919.
On 14 April 1939, he transferred from the Reserve of Officers of the York and Lancaster Regiment to the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) and returned to active service. He subsequently served in World War II, reaching the war substantive rank of major. He relinquished his commission on 5 January 1946 and granted the honorary rank of lieutenant colonel.
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