Submitted by
Neal Lofthouse
Lieut-General Sir W. Douglas S. Brownrigg K.C.B.
(21 April 1886 - 7 February 1946)
BROWNRIGG, Lieut-General Sir W. Douglas S., K.C.B., cr. 1939; C.B.
1936; D.S.O. 1916; Col. The Sherwood Foresters since 1941; b. 21
Apr. 1886; y.s. of late General J.S. Brownrigg, C.B. (Grenadier
Guards); m.1919, Mona o.d. of Major-General H.B. Jeffreys, C.B.,
C.M.G.., q.v.
Educ,: Mulgrave Castle; R.M.C., Sandhurst. Joined 1st Battalion The
Sherwood Foresters, 1905; Adjutant, 1910; Maj.-General, 1934;
Lt-Gen., 1938; served with the 13th Division under Lieut.-General Sir
Frederick Shaw in Gallipoli, 1915; and under Lieut.-General Sir
Stanley Maude in Gallipoli and Mesopotamia, 1915-18 (despatches six
times, Brevets of Major and Lieut.-Col., D.S.O., the Order of St.
Vladimir with swords); D.A.A.G. War Office, 1919; Staff College, 1920
; G.S.O. G.S.O. (2) Royal Military College, 1921; G.S.O. (1) War
Office, 1923-27; A.A. and Q.M.G. Shanghai Defence Force, 1927; A.A.
and Q.M.G. i/c Administration N.China Command 1928, and of China
Command 1921-31; Commander 159th (Welsh Border) Infantry Brigade,
1931-33, 11th Infantry Brigade 1933-34; 51st (Highland) Division T.A.
1935-38; Military Secretary to Secretary of State for War 1938-39;
Director-General of Territorial Army, War Office and member of Army
Council, 1939 ; Adjutant-General to British Expeditionary Force,
1939-40; retired pay, 1940; Zone and Sector Commander Home Guard
since 1941; A.D.C. to the King, 1934-34.
Publications: Unexpected - a Book of Memories, 1942; regular
contributor to Evening News, Christian Science Monitor and Ministry of
Information Commentaries.
Address: 48 Thurloe Square, S.W.7
Clubs: Naval and Military, Kennel, M.C.C.
[Died 7 Feb 1946.]
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