Montagu Brocas Burrows
| Brocas Burrows | |
|---|---|
| Born |
31 October 1894 Reigate, Surrey, England |
| Died |
17 January 1967 (aged 72) Marylebone, London, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1914–1946 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Unit | 5th Dragoon Guards |
| Commands held |
9th Armoured Division 11th Armoured Division West Africa Command |
| Battles/wars |
First World War Second World War |
| Awards |
Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Military Cross |
Lieutenant General Montagu Brocas Burrows CB DSO MC (31 October 1894 – 17 January 1967) was a senior British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of West Africa Command from 1945 to 1946.
Military career
Educated at Eton College and Oxford University,[1] Burrows was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the 5th Dragoon Guards, British Army.[2] He served in the First World War and became a prisoner of war.[1] He was deployed to the Murmansk coast with the North Russia Expeditionary Force in 1918.[2] In the 1920s he played cricket for Surrey County Cricket Club.[1]
He remained in the army and continued to serve during the interwar period; he became adjutant at Oxford University Officers' Training Corps in 1920 and an Instructor at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1922.[2] He became brigade major with the Nowshera Infantry Brigade in India in 1928 and then joined the 1st Cavalry Brigade at Aldershot in 1930.[2] He was on the General Staff at the War Office from 1935 to 1938 when he became the military attaché in Rome.[2]
He also served in the Second World War as General Officer Commanding (GOC) 9th Armoured Division in the United Kingdom from December 1940 to March 1942[3] and of the 11th Armoured Division from October 1942 to December 1943; he was appointed Head of the British Military Mission to the Soviet Union in 1944.[2]
After the war he became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of West Africa Command; he retired in 1946.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 Cricket Info
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ↑ Escape to Action by Sir Brian Horrocks, Page 100 St. Martin's Press, 1961
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by New Post |
GOC, 9th Armoured Division December 1940–March 1942 |
Succeeded by Brian Horrocks |
| Preceded by Percy Hobart |
GOC 11th Armoured Division October 1942–December 1943 |
Succeeded by George Roberts |
| Preceded by Francis Nosworthy |
GOC, West Africa Command 1945–1946 |
Succeeded by Noel Irwin |