Bertram Mitford (British Army officer) explained

Bertram Mitford
Birth Date:6 February 1863
Death Date:23 February 1936
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Rank:Major-General
Branch:British Army
Commands:6th Infantry Brigade
9th Infantry Brigade
72nd Infantry Brigade
42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division
Battles:Dongola Campaign
Second Boer War
First World War
Awards:Companion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order

Major-General Bertram Reveley Mitford (6 February 1863 – 23 February 1936) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Mitford was commissioned into the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) in 1882.[1] He transferred to the Egyptian Army in January 1886 and back to the British Army in January 1897.[1] After seeing action in the Dongola Campaign, he went to South Africa during the Second Boer War. Following the end of this war in June 1902, he stayed on as assistant adjutant-general to the Forces in South Africa, stationed in the Pretoria district.[2] He became commander of the 6th Infantry Brigade in December 1906 and then commander of the 9th Infantry Brigade in May 1907.[3]

He went on to command the 72nd Infantry Brigade in 1914 and deployed to the Western Front where he took part at the Battle of Loos in September 1915 and the Battle of the Somme in autumn 1916.[1] He then became General Officer Commanding 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division in March 1917, again on the Western Front, and took part in the Battle of Passchendaele in autumn 1917.[4] He handed over his command in October 1917.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Obituary Notice: Major-General Bertram Reveley Mitford, CB, CMG, DSO, FSA, FRGS. University of Khartoum. 30 June 1936. 1–3. 28 May 2020.
  2. Hart´s Army list, 1903
  3. Web site: Army Commands. 28 May 2020.
  4. Book: Hill, Richard . A Biographical Dictionary of the Sudan. Routledge. 2019. 978-1136227769.
  5. Web site: British Infantry Battalion Commanders in the First World War. 154. Peter Eric . Hodgkinson . University of Birmingham . 1 August 2013. 28 May 2020.