The Royal Green Jackets Association
Field Marshal Baron Bramall of Bushfield KG, GCB, OBE, MC, JP, DL Obituary Dwin Bramall was commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) on 22 May 1943. He took part in the Normandy landings landing on Juno Beach on D+2 in June 1944 and was soon in action against German forces counter attacking North West from Caen. On 16 July 44 he was wounded near Maltot but returning to the Battalion in time to see the Falaise pocket closed in August 1944. In March 1945 he received the Military Cross for an action Near Antwerp, Belgium on 20th October
occupation forces in Japan. Promoted to Lieutenant on 18 June 1946 he served in the occupation of Japan from 1946, before becoming an instructor at the School of Infantry in 1949. Promoted to Captain on 18 December 1950, he was stationed in the Middle East from 1953 and was then promoted to Major on 18 December 1957. Subsequently he served two years as an instructor at the Staff College, Camberley from 1958, and then served on Lord Mountbatten's staff in 1963 creating the MOD. Appointed OBE in the New Year Honours 1965, and promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on 25 January 1965, he was appointed Commanding Officer of 2nd Royal Green Jackets (Penang/ Malaysia) which was deployed to Borneo in Spring 1966 during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation where he was awarded a Mention in Despatches (MID). He was appointed commander of 5th (Airportable) Infantry Brigade in Tidworth in November 1967 being promoted to Brigadier on 31 December 1967.
He was General Officer Commanding the 1st Division (Verden/Aller) from 6 January 1972, Commander of British Forces (CBF) in Hong Kong from 1 December 1973 and appointed KCB in the New Year Honours 1974. He went on to be Commander -in-Chief, UK Land Forces on 15 May 1976 and was promoted to full General on 25 June 1976. He was appointed Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel and Logistics) on 20 March 1978, advanced to GCB in the New Year Honours 1979, before being made ADC General to the Queen on 26 June 1979 and appointed Chief of the General Staff on 14 July 1979. In this role he strongly supported the plan in May 1982 to land troops at San Carlos Water.
Montgomery pinning the MC on a young 2Lt Bramall
1944. Before the ceremony at which Field Marshal Montgomery pinned on the ribbon, one of Monty’s staff gave Bramall a word of warning: “The Field Marshal will ask you if you have ever met him before. He won’t mind a ‘Yes’ or a ‘No’ – but he will be very upset if you say that you can not remember.” After VE Day he prepared for and served with the 8
