Philip Gregson-Ellis
Philip Gregson-Ellis | |
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
Military career
Born in Edinburgh in August 1898, and coming from a military family, Philip Gregson-Ellis was educated at Eton College and later entered the Royal Military College at Sandhurst during the First World War. It was from here that he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the British Army's Grenadier Guards in December 1917,[1] and with whom he saw service on the Western Front.[2]
He remained in the army after the war, and, during the interwar period, attended the Staff College at Camberley from 1928 to 1929 and, after serving as brigade major of the 5th Infantry Brigade in 1931, served in the same role with the 1st Guards Brigade from 1932 to 1934.[2] He was then appointed an instructor at the Staff College in 1937, where he would remain for another two years.[3][2]
Gregson-Ellis served in the
After the war Gregson-Ellis returned to the Staff College, Camberley, as commandant, and then went back to the 5th Division for a second tour as its commander.[3] He was appointed GOC 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division in 1947 and finally retired from the British Army in 1950.[3][2]
Family
In 1921 Gregson-Ellis married Joan Henllys Lloyd.[4][2]
References
- ^ "No. 30438". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 December 1917. p. 13335.
- ^ a b c d e f g Smart 2005, p. 130.
- ^ a b c d e f "Gregson-Ellis, Philip". Generals.dk. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ^ Bronwydd Estate Records
Bibliography
- Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.