Richard Bradshaw (British Army officer)
Sir Richard Bradshaw Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) |
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Director General Army Medical Services from 1977 to 1981.[1]
Early life
Bradshaw was born on 1 August 1920.Newport High School, a comprehensive school in Newport, Wales.[2] He studied medicine at Westminster Hospital Medical School,[3] graduating in 1945.[2]
Military career
Bradshaw was
In 1954, during the
Mau Mau uprising, he was posted to the East Africa Command as a pathologist. During the posting he was also commander of the British military hospital in Nairobi.[2] In 1959, he was posted to Washington, D.C. as an exchange officer. There he worked at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.[2] He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 9 November 1961.[9] From 1963 to 1966, he served as a research pathologist at the Chemical Defence Experimental Establishment, Porton Down.[2] In 1966, he was posted to the headquarters of the British Army of the Rhine as Assistant Director of Pathology.[2] On 9 November 1969, he was promoted to colonel.[10] From 1969 to 1971, he was Professor of Pathology at the Royal Army Medical College.[1]
Following his professorship, his career turned towards command and administration.Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE).[15]
On 7 April 1981, he retired from the British Army.[16]
Later life
Following his retirement from the military, Bradshaw served on a number of management committees of philanthropic and charitable organisations.bird watching and gardening.[2]
He died on 12 October 1999.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "BRADSHAW, Sir Richard Phillip (born 1920), Lieutenant General". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. King's College London. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Bradshaw". The Times. 20 October 1999. p. 23.
- ^ "Court Circular". The Times. 7 October 1977. p. 16.
- ^ "No. 37823". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 December 1946. p. 6172.
- ^ "No. 38156". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 December 1947. p. 6131.
- ^ "No. 38478". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 December 1948. p. 6480.
- ^ "No. 39318". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 August 1951. p. 4542.
- ^ "No. 40341". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 November 1954. p. 6844.
- ^ "No. 42508". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 November 1961. p. 8092.
- ^ "No. 44966". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 November 1969. p. 11046.
- ^ "No. 45997". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1973. p. 7008.
- ^ "No. 46626". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 July 1975. p. 8691.
- ^ "No. 46698". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 September 1975. p. 12234.
- ^ "No. 47189". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 April 1977. p. 4639.
- ^ "No. 47234". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1977. p. 7085.
- ^ "No. 48606". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 May 1981. p. 6627.