Sir Robert Bray | |
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General RNHC (Bobbie) Bray GBE KCB DSO |
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Born | 14 June 1908 |
Died | 1983 (aged 74 or 75) Warminster |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/branch | British Army |
Rank | General |
Commands held | Southern Command |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order |
General Sir Robert Napier Hubert Campbell (Bobbie) Bray, GBE, KCB, DSO and bar (1908–1983) was a British soldier, deputy Supreme Commander Europe of NATO's Allied Command Europe from 1967 to 1970.
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Bray was educated at St Ronan's School, Worthing,[1] followed by Gresham's School, Holt, and the Royal Military Academy.
Rober Bray was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 1st Battalion of the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment on the 2 February 1928.[2]
He served during World War II in North West Europe and the Middle East[2] being promoted to temporary lieutenant colonel on 19 October 1942.
He became a Brigadier on the General Staff at the British Army of the Rhine in 1950 and then Director of Land-Air Warfare and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Standardization at the War Office in 1954.[2] He was promoted to major-general on 29 October 1955 and became General Officer Commanding 56th Infantry Division in 1957.[2] He then became GOC British Land Forces in the Arabian Peninsula in 1959 and GOC Middle East Land Forces in 1960.[2]
He was promoted to lieutenant-general on 27 February 1961 and served as GOC-in-C at Southern Command from 1961 to 1963.[2] He was promoted to full general on 25 February 1965. He went on to serve as Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe between 1963 and 1967 and as Deputy Supreme Commander Europe at NATO's Allied Command between May 1967 and December 1970,[2] succeeding Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Thomas Pike. He retired on 9 March 1971.[2]
Military offices | ||
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Preceded by Sir Nigel Poett |
GOC-in-C Southern Command 1961–1963 |
Succeeded by Sir Kenneth Darling |
Preceded by Sir Harold Pyman |
Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Northern Europe 1963—1967 |
Succeeded by Sir Kenneth Darling |
Preceded by Sir Thomas Pike |
Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe 1967–1970 |
Succeeded by Desmond Fitzpatrick |