Ronald Bramwell-Davis
Ronald Bramwell-Davis | |
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![]() Colonel Ronald Bramwell Davis in 1945 | |
Born |
8 October 1905 Scotland |
Died |
12 May 1974 (aged 68) Andover, Hampshire |
Buried at | Aldershot Military Cemetery |
Allegiance |
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Service/branch |
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Rank | Major-General |
Commands held | Aldershot District |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards |
Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order |
Major-General Ronald Albert Bramwell-Davis CB DSO (8 October 1905 – 12 May 1974) was a keen cricketer as well as General Officer Commanding Aldershot District.
Family
Bramwell-Davis was born in Scotland in 1905, the son of Captain Percy Bramwell-Davis and his wife, Evelyn Mary, the daughter of Albert Richard Tull of Crookham House at Thatcham in Berkshire.[1]
Military career
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Bramwell-Davis was commissioned into the Highland Light Infantry in 1925.[2] He played for Berkshire County Cricket Club in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship in 1933.[3] He served in the Second World War and then went on to be Brigadier with responsibility for Infantry matters in Asmara in Eritrea in the late 1940s.[4] Returning to the United Kingdom, he was appointed Chief of Staff at Southern Command.[5]
Bramwell-Davis became General Officer Commanding Aldershot District in 1956 and was appointed CB in 1957. He retired in 1960.[6]
He was also Colonel of the Royal Highland Fusiliers.[7]
Ronald Bramwell-Davis is buried in Aldershot Military Cemetery.
References
- ↑ Who was who, Volume 7
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33081. p. 5837. 4 September 1925. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ↑ Cricket Archive
- ↑ Royal Berkshire Regiment
- ↑ Aldershot - Atomic Rehearsal for Doctors 1955
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 41974. p. 1715. 8 March 1960. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 41609. p. 483. 16 January 1959. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
Military offices | ||
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Preceded by Sir Douglas Campbell |
GOC Aldershot District 1956–1960 |
Succeeded by Sir Denis O'Connor |