Montagu Brocas Burrows
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Brocas Burrows
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| Born | 31 October 1894 Reigate, Surrey |
| Died | 17 January 1967 (aged 72) Marylebone, London |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |
 British Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held | 9th Armoured Division 11th Armoured Division West Africa Command |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
| 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 Commander-in-Chief of West Africa Command of the British Army from 1945 to 1946.
Military career
Educated at Eton College and Oxford University,[1] Burrows was commissioned into the 5th Dragoon Guards.[2]
He served in World War I 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 became Adjutant at Oxford University Officer Training Corps in 1920 and an Instructor at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst in 1922.[2] He became Brigade Major with the Nowshera Infantry Brigade in India in 1928 and then joined 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 Attache in Rome.[2]
He also served in World War II as General Officer Commanding 9th Armoured Division in the UK from December 1940 to March 1942[3] and of 11th Armoured Division from October 1942 to December 1943; he was appointed Head of the British Military Mission to the USSR in 1944.[2]
After the War he became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of West Africa Command; he retired in 1946.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cricket Info
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ↑ Escape to Action by Sir Brian Horrocks, Page 100 St. Martin's Press, 1961
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| Preceded by
New Post
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GOC, 9th Armoured Division December 1940–March 1942 |
Succeeded by Brian Horrocks |
| Preceded by | GOC 11th Armoured Division October 1942–December 1943 |
Succeeded by George Roberts |
| Preceded by | GOC, West Africa Command 1945–1946 |
Succeeded by Noel Irwin |
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- 1894 births
- 1967 deaths
- 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards officers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British Army generals of World War II
- Surrey cricketers
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- People educated at Eton College
- World War I prisoners of war held by Germany
- Academics of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
- British World War I prisoners of war
