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Requiem Mass held for late Lt General Erskine

, who died on Scores of people from all walks of life yesterday trooped to the St George’s Garrison Anglican Church at Burma Camp for a requiem Mass for a former Chief of Army Staff and politician, Lieutenant General Emmanuel Alexander ErskineMay 7, this year, aged 86.

Ghana Loses Lt Gen Erskine

  Lieutenant General Emmanuel Alexander Erskine (Retired), one of Ghana’s celebrated military officers, has passed on at the age of 86. In 1978, Lt. Gen. Erskine was appointed the first Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which was established that year to confirm Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, restore international peace and security and assist the Lebanese Government in restoring its effective authority in the area. This was preceded by his appointment as Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization in Palestine (UNTSO) on 1st January 1976 to April 1978. On the 40th Anniversary of UNIFIL in 2018, the Ghana Armed Forces honoured Lt. Gen. Erskine, who led the body till 1986, for his distinguished service.

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