Nevil Brownjohn

Sir Nevil Brownjohn
Born	25 July 1897
Died	21 April 1973 (aged 75)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1915–58
Rank	General
Battles/wars	First World War Second World War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Military Cross

General Sir Nevil Charles Dowell Brownjohn, GBE, KCB, CMG, MC (25 July 1897 – 21 April 1973) was a senior British Army officer who served as Quartermaster-General to the Forces from 1956 until his retirement in 1958.

Military career

Brownjohn was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1915. He served in the First World War, where he was awarded the Military Cross.^[1] In 1927 he was sent, as a captain, to China to protect the international settlement in Shanghai; he used his skills as a Russian speaker to raise a company of White Russians.^[2]

He also served in the Second World War, rising to be major general in charge of supplies to General Dwight Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, in 1943.^[1] He then became Deputy Chief of Staff at General Eisenhower's Headquarters in 1944 before being appointed Deputy Quartermaster-General in the Middle East later that year.^[1]

After the war he took charge of Administration for the British Army of the Rhine and then joined the Control Commission (British Sector) for Germany in 1947.^[1] He became Vice Quartermaster General at the War Office in 1949 and Vice Chief of Imperial General Staff in 1950.^[1] He was Chief Staff Officer at the Ministry of Defence from 1952 to 1955 when he became Quartermaster-General to the Forces; he retired in 1958.^[1]

References

1. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
2. The Memoirs of Major-General FVB Witt CB CBE DSO MC Royal Engineers Journal, September 1969, Page 245