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	Aldershot Military Cemetery
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	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

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

The grave of Major-General Ronald Bramwell-Davis.

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

1. Who was who, Volume 7
2. "No. 33081". The London Gazette. 4 September 1925. p. 5837.
3. Cricket Archive
4. Royal Berkshire Regiment
5. Aldershot – Atomic Rehearsal for Doctors 1955
6. "No. 41974". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 March 1960. p. 1715.
7. "No. 41609". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 January 1959. p. 483.

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