Robert Bray (British Army officer)

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Lt. General Sir Robert Bray on an inspection on Bornholm in April 1964.

Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". General Sir Robert Napier Hubert Campbell (Bobbie) Bray Template:Postnominals (14 June 1908 – 14 August 1983) was a British soldier, deputy Supreme Commander Europe of NATO's Allied Command Europe from 1967 to 1970.

Education

Bray was educated at St Ronan's School, Worthing,[1] followed by Gresham's School, Holt, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.[2]

Career

Bray was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 1st Battalion of the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment on 2 February 1928.[3]

He served in North West Europe and the Middle East during the Second World War[3] being promoted to temporary lieutenant colonel on 19 October 1942.[4]

He became a Brigadier on the General Staff at the British Army of the Rhine in 1950 and then Director of Land-Air Warfare and North Atlantic Treaty Organization Standardization at the War Office in December 1954.[3] Promoted to major-general on 29 October 1955, he became General Officer Commanding 56th (London) Armoured Division in April 1957.[3] He then became GOC British Land Forces in the Arabian Peninsula in 1959 and GOC Middle East Land Forces in 1960.[3]

He was promoted to lieutenant-general on 27 February 1961 and served as GOC-in-C at Southern Command from August 1961 to September 1963.[3] He was promoted to full general on 25 February 1965. He was the colonel-in-chief of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment from 1965 to 1975.[5] He served as Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe between November 1963 and February 1967 and as Deputy Supreme Commander Europe at NATO's Allied Command between May 1967 and December 1970,[3] succeeding Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Thomas Pike. He retired on 9 March 1971.[3]

Honours

Notes

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References

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  1. ↑ St Ronan's School Template:Webarchive
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Bibliography

  • I Will Plant Me a Tree by Steve Benson and Martin Crossley Evans (James & James, London, 2002) Template:ISBN

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Military offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check GOC 56th (London) Armoured Division
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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check GOC-in-C Southern Command
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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Northern Europe
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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe
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