Edwin bramall biography

Field Marshal Edwin Noel Westby Bramall, Baron Bramall, also known as "Dwin", was a British Army officer.
Edwin Bramall was born on December 18, 1923 in Tonbridge, Kent, England UK. He is known for D-Day to Berlin (2005), D-Day to Victory (2011) and Battle.
Edwin Bramall, always known as Dwin, was the younger of two brothers, (Ernest) Ashley Bramall (1916–1999)—later a Labour politician and leader of the Inner.

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Biography

King\'s College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975
Name
BRAMALL, Sir Edwin Noel Westby (born 1923), Baron Bramall of Bushfield, Hampshire, Field Marshal
Service biography
Commissioned, King\'s Royal Rifle Corps 1943; World War II 1943-1945; North West Europe 1944-1945; Allied Occupation of Japan 1946-1947; Instructor, Infantry School 1949-1951; Staff College 1952; Middle East 1953-1958; Instructor, Army Staff College 1958-1961; Staff of AF Louis (Francis Albert Victor) Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Ministry of Defence reorganisation 1963-1964; Commanding Officer, 2 Green Jackets, King\'s Royal Rifle Corps, Malaya during Indonesian confrontation 1965-1966; Commander, 5 Airportable Bde 1967-1969; Imperial Defence College 1970; General Officer Commanding, 1 Div British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) 1972-1973; Commander, British Forces in Hong Kong 1973-1976; Commander-in-Chief, UK Land Forces 1976-1978; Vice Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel and Logistics) 1978-1

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"Bramall" redirects here. For the hall in Greater Manchester, see Bramall Hall. For the area containing the hall, see Bramhall.

Field MarshalEdwin Noel Westby Bramall, Baron Bramall, KG GCB OBE MC JP DL (born 18 December 1923) is a retired senior British Army officer. He served as Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1979 and 1982, and as Chief of the Defence Staff, professional head of the British Armed Forces, from 1982 to 1985. He developed the concept of the "Fifth Pillar" pulling together the activities of defence attachés to form a structure for intervention in smaller countries.

Early life and family[]

Bramall was born on 18 December 1923 in Tonbridge, Kent, England. He was born the son of Edmund Haselden Bramall and Katherine Bridget Bramall (née Westby)^[1] and was educated at Eton College.^[2] In 1949 he married Dorothy Avril Wentworth Vernon; they had one son and one daughter.^[1] His older brother Ashley Bramall was a barrister, Labour politician and Leader of t

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Edwin Bramall

British Army officer (1923–2019)

Field MarshalEdwin Noel Westby Bramall, Baron Bramall (18 December 1923 – 12 November 2019), also known as "Dwin",^[1] was a British Army officer. He served as Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1979 and 1982, and as Chief of the Defence Staff, professional head of the British Armed Forces, from 1982 to 1985.

Early life and family

Bramall was born on 18 December 1923 in Tonbridge, Kent, England, the son of Major Edmund Haselden Bramall (1889−1964) (son of Ernest Edward Bramall (1864–1938), managing director of Desford Colliery, Leicester)^[2] by his wife Katherine Bridget Westby.^[3] He was educated at Eton College, where, among other accomplishments, he captained an undefeated first XI cricket team.^[5]

In 1949 he married Dorothy Avril Wentworth Vernon, by whom he had one son and one daughter.^[3] His elder brother Ashley Bramall was a barrister, Labour politician and Leader of the Inner London Education Authority.^[6&