Ronald Bramwell-Davis
Ronald Bramwell-Davis | |
|---|---|
 Colonel Ronald Bramwell Davis in 1945. | |
| Born | 8 October 1905 Scotland |
| Died | 12 May 1974 (aged 68) Andover, Hampshire |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1925−1960 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Service number | 33622 |
| Unit | Highland Light Infantry Royal Highland Fusiliers |
| Commands | 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
[edit]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 on 3 September 1925, after graduating from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[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 (GOC) 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
[edit]- ^ Who was who, Volume 7
- ^ "No. 33081". The London Gazette. 4 September 1925. p. 5837.
- ^ Cricket Archive
- ^ Royal Berkshire Regiment
- ^ Aldershot – Atomic Rehearsal for Doctors 1955
- ^ "No. 41974". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 March 1960. p. 1715.
- ^ "No. 41609". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 January 1959. p. 483.
- 1905 births
- 1974 deaths
- Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
- Scottish military personnel
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Royal Highland Fusiliers officers
- British Army major generals
- Berkshire cricketers
- English cricketers
- Highland Light Infantry officers
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Burials at Aldershot Military Cemetery