Maxwell Brander Explained

Maxwell Spieker Brander
Birth Date:11 October 1884
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Serviceyears:1906–1949
Rank:Major general
Branch: British Army
Unit:Royal Army Service Corps
Battles:First World War
Second World War
Awards:CB
OBE

Major General Maxwell Spieker Brander CB OBE (11 October 188430 October 1972) was a senior British Army officer during the Second World War.

Military career

Born on 11 October 1884, Maxwell Brander was educated at Bedford School and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

He received his first commission in the British Army in 1906. He served during the First World War and was mentioned in dispatches. Promoted to the rank of major general in 1936, he was Director of Supplies and Transport at the War Office between 1937 and 1940, and Deputy Director-General of Mechanisation at the Ministry of Supply between 1941 and 1947[1] and Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Army Service Corps from 1942 to 1949.[2]

Major General Maxwell Brander became an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1925,[3] and a Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1937.[4] He retired from the British Army in 1949 and died on 30 October 1972.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brander, Maj.-Gen. Maxwell Spieker, (11 Oct. 1884–30 Oct. 1972), Col Comdt RASC, 1942–49. WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 13 June 2023.
  2. https://generals.dk/general/Brander/Maxwell_Spieker/Great_Britain.html Brander, Maxwell Spieker
  3. News: Issue 33053 . 13 June 2023 . The London Gazette . 3 June 1925 . 3773.
  4. News: Issue 34396 . 13 June 2023 . The London Gazette . 11 May 1937 . 3079.