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Frank William Ramsay

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Rank
  
Brigadier General

Service/branch
  
British Army

Allegiance
  
United Kingdom

Name
  
Frank Ramsay


Frank William Ramsay

Died
  
1 October 1954 (aged 78)

Battles/wars
  
Battle of Messines (1917)

Awards
  
Distinguished Service Order

Commands held
  
48th Brigade, 58th (2/1st London) Division, 6th Infantry Brigade

Battles and wars
  
Battle of Messines

Brigadier General Frank William Ramsay CB (1919), CMG (1917), DSO (1916) (10 December 1875 – 1 October 1954) was a senior British Army officer in World War I.

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Military career

He served with the Mounted infantry before World War I. In the war, he became commanding officer 48th Brigade of the 16th Irish Division and participated in the Battle of Messines 1917. In 1925 he took command over a Brigade of the Quetta Division until he retired in 1929. Later he lived in Holbrook Hall, Sudbury.

Works

  • "Polo Pony Training with Some Hints on the Game" London and Portsmouth, Gale & Polden (1928)
  • References

    Frank William Ramsay Wikipedia