Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall

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Lord Bramall in the Robe of a Knight of the Order of the Garter (2006)

Field Marshal Edwin Bramall Noel Westby, Baron Bramall KG , GCB , OBE , MC , JP , (* 18th December 1923 in Tonbrige , Kent ; † 12. November 2019 ) was a British general staff officer in the British Army and politicians . From 1979 to 1982 he was Chief of the General Staff and thus the highest military superior in the British Army . From 1982 to 1985 he was Chief of Staff ( Chief of the Defense Staff ) and the highest military superior of the entire British armed forces (British Armed Forces) . From 1987 to 2013 he was a life peer member of the House of Lords .

family

He was known to family and friends as Dwin . His older brother, Ashley Bramall, became a lawyer and, as a Labor Party politician, head of the Education Department for the City of London . Edwin Bramall embarked on a military career from the start.

Military career

After attending Eton College , he joined the King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1943 . As a young lieutenant he took part in the Normandy landings and was deployed in north-western Europe during the last years of World War II; In 1945 he received the Military Cross for bravery. In the two years after the end of the war he was part of the occupation forces in Japan, then he was a teacher at the Infantry School ( School of Infantry ) . From 1953 to 1958 he was stationed in the Middle East .

coat of arms

He then taught for a further two years at the Army Officers School ( Staff College Camberley ) and from 1963 belonged to the staff of Lord Mountbatten . In 1965 he was appointed commander ( Commanding Officer ) of the 2nd Regiment of the Royal Green Jackets appointed that during the clashes with Indonesia to Malaysia was moved. In 1967 he was given command of the 5th Infantry Brigade .

He was promoted relatively quickly during the 1970s, reaching the rank of lieutenant general in 1973 ; In 1976 he was promoted to general . From 1976 to 1978 he was Commander-in-Chief, UK Land Forces , 1978 and 1979 Deputy Chief of the Defense Staff and from 1979 to 1982 as successor to Sir Roland Gibbs Chief of the General Staff ( Chief of the General Staff) of the Army. In 1982, he became a field marshal promoted and became the successor of Sir Terence Lewin for three years as Chief of Staff (Chief of the Defense Staff) the highest military commander of the British forces. With his departure from this position, his military career ended. His successor in the position of Commander in Chief of the British Armed Forces was Sir John Fieldhouse .

Later career

After the end of his military career, Bramall succeeded Baroness Phillips from 1986 to 1998 as Lord Lieutenant of Greater London . In 1987 he was named Baron Bramall of Bushfield in the County of Hampshire and in 1990 he was accepted into the Order of the Garter , the highest order of British knighthood.

Life peer

As a life peer in the House of Lords , he spoke out against Great Britain's participation in the Second Iraq War and warned: "Terrorism cannot be fought like pure aggression with the massive use of military means, but only with competent protection and positive diplomacy" (unlike naked aggression, terrorism cannot be defeated by massive military means but by competent protection and positive diplomacy) .

On August 27, 2006, the Mail on Sunday reported that during a debate on the Lebanon conflict , Bramall spoke to 78-year-old Lord Janner of Braunstone , a leading member of the British Jewish community who had always stood up for the victims of the Holocaust. after several "anti-Israeli statements" confirmed by witnesses. The newspaper reported that the argument took place in one of the rooms near the meeting room and that the peers who witnessed the incident were very surprised by Bramall's behavior. Bramall is said to have later apologized to Lord Janner by phone. Janner had accepted the apology that nothing further had been done by the House of Lords administration and Janner had not complained further. On April 25, 2013 Lord Bramall left the House of Lords at his own request.

Honors

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heathcote, Anthony pg 53
  2. ↑ a b c d Heathcote, Anthony pg 54
  3. ^ Heathcote, Anthony pg 55
  4. ↑ House of Lords Debates . May 26, 2004. Retrieved May 11, 2008.
  5. ^ War hero, 82, hits fellow peer in Lords , Mail on Sunday. Retrieved May 11, 2008. 
  6. ^ Retirement of a Member: Lord Bramall

literature

  • Tillotson, Michael (2006), The Fifth Pillar: the life and philosophy of the Lord Bramall KG, Sutton Publishing, ISBN 0-7509-4239-8
  • Heathcote, TA (1999), The British Field Marshals 1736-1997 , Pen & Sword Books Ltd, ISBN 0-85052-696-5
predecessor Office successor
Sir Terence Lewin Chief of the Defense Staff
1982-1985 		Sir John Fieldhouse
personal data
SURNAME Bramall, Edwin, Baron Bramall
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bramall, Edwin Noel Westby, Baron Bramall
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Field Marshal, Chief of General Staff, Chief of Defense Staff
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Tonbrige , Kent
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 2019