Nevil Brownjohn

Sir Nevil Brownjohn
Sir Nevil Brownjohn
	Nevil Brownjohn
Nickname(s)	"BJ"
Born	25 July 1897
Died	21 April 1973 (aged 75)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1915–1958
Rank	General
Service number	11450
Unit	Royal Engineers
Battles/wars	First World War; Second World War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire; Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath; Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George; Military Cross

General Sir Nevil Charles Dowell Brownjohn, GBE, KCB, CMG, MC (25 July 1897 – 21 April 1973) was a senior British Army officer who served as Quartermaster-General to the Forces from 1956 until his retirement in 1958.

Military career

Brownjohn was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1915. He served in the First World War, where he was awarded the Military Cross.[1] In 1927 he was sent, as a captain, to China to protect the international settlement in Shanghai; he used his skills as a Russian speaker to raise a company of White Russians.[2]

Attending the Staff College, Camberley from 1931 to 1932, he also served in the Second World War, rising to be major general in charge of supplies to General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, in 1943.[1] He then became Deputy Chief of Staff at General Eisenhower's Headquarters in 1944 before being appointed Deputy Quartermaster-General in the Middle East later that year.[1]

After the war he took charge of Administration for the British Army of the Rhine and then joined the Control Commission (British Sector) for Germany in 1947.[1] He became Vice Quartermaster General at the War Office in 1949 and Vice Chief of Imperial General Staff in 1950.[1] He was Chief Staff Officer at the Ministry of Defence from 1952 to 1955 when he became Quartermaster-General to the Forces; he retired in 1958.[1]

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Gerald Templer	Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff 1950–1952	Succeeded by Sir Harold Redman
Preceded by Sir Maurice Chilton	Quartermaster-General to the Forces 1956–1958	Succeeded by Sir Cecil Sugden

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.