Raymond Briggs (British Army officer)

Raymond Briggs
Born 1895
Died 1984
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1914 - 1947
Rank Major-General
Commands held 2nd Armoured Brigade
1st Armoured Division
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order

Major-General Raymond Briggs CB DSO (1895-1984) was a British Army officer who led 2nd Armoured Brigade at the Second Battle of El Alamein.

Military career

Briggs served in World War I with the Machine Gun Corps receiving his commission in 1915.[1] He was appointed Deputy Assistant Director for Mechanized Warfare at the War Office in 1936.[1] He served in World War II as a General Staff Officer before becoming Commander of 2nd Armoured Brigade in 1940 leading his brigade at the First and Second Battle of El Alamein in 1942.[1] He was appointed CB for this role.[2] He was made General Officer Commanding 1st Armoured Division in 1942 and Director of the Royal Armoured Corps at the War Office in 1943.[1] He retired in 1947.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  2. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36120. p. 3521. 3 August 1943. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
Military offices
Preceded by
Herbert Lumsden		 GOC 1st Armoured Division
August 1942–July 1943		 Succeeded by
Alexander Galloway