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Ronald Bramwell-Davis
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Colonel Ronald Bramwell Davis in 1945
Born (1905-10-08)October 8, 1905
Died May 12, 1974(1974-05-12) (aged 68)
Place of birth Scotland
Place of death Andover, Hampshire
Allegiance Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Flag of the British Army British Army
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[]

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] He became General Officer Commanding Aldershot District in 1956 and retired in 1960.[6]

He was also Colonel of the Royal Highland Fusiliers.[7]

References[]

Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Douglas Campbell
GOC Aldershot District
1956–1960
Succeeded by
Sir Denis O'Connor
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