British Army general (1908–1983)
Lt. General Sir Robert Bray on an inspection on Bornholm in April 1964.
General Sir Robert Napier Hubert Campbell (Bobbie) Bray GBE KCB DSO* soldier , deputy Supreme Commander Europe of NATO 's Allied Command Europe from 1967 to 1970.
Education
Bray was educated at St Ronan's School , Worthing ,[ 1] Gresham's School , Holt , and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich .[ 2]
Career
Bray was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 1st Battalion of the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment on 2 February 1928.[ 3]
He served in North West Europe and the Middle East during the Second World War [ 3] lieutenant colonel on 19 October 1942.[ 4]
He became a Brigadier on the General Staff at the British Army of the Rhine in 1950 and then Director of Land-Air Warfare and North Atlantic Treaty Organization Standardization at the War Office in December 1954.[ 3] General Officer Commanding 56th (London) Armoured Division in April 1957.[ 3] GOC British Land Forces in the Arabian Peninsula in 1959 and GOC Middle East Land Forces in 1960.[ 3]
He was promoted to lieutenant-general on 27 February 1961 and served as GOC-in-C at Southern Command from August 1961 to September 1963.[ 3] general on 25 February 1965. He was the colonel-in-chief of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment from 1965 to 1975.[ 5] Allied Forces Northern Europe between November 1963 and February 1967 and as Deputy Supreme Commander Europe at NATO 's Allied Command between May 1967 and December 1970,[ 3] Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Thomas Pike . He retired on 9 March 1971.[ 3]
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References
Bibliography
I Will Plant Me a Tree by Steve Benson and Martin Crossley Evans (James & James, London, 2002) ISBN 0-907383-92-0
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