John Brind
| Sir John Brind | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1978 |
| Died | 1954 |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army |
| Years of service | 1897 - 1941 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held |
4th Division International Forces in the Saar Southern Command, India |
| Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order |
General Sir John Edward Spencer Brind KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, (1878–1954) was a British Army officer who commanded 4th Division.
Military career
Brind was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1897 before serving in the Second Boer War.[1] He also served in World War I going to France as a captain with the Royal Garrison Artillery on 16 August 1914[2] and serving as a general staff officer with 56th (London) Division from 6 February 1916 to 31 October 1916[3] when he became a brigadier on the general staff of XI Corps, part of Fifth Army.[4]
He went on to be Deputy Director at the War Office in 1923, colonel Royal Artillery at Aldershot Command in 1925 and brigadier on the general staff at Aldershot Command in 1927.[1] After that he became major-general, Royal Artillery in India in 1930, Deputy Chief of the General Staff at Army Headquarters, India in 1931 and General Officer Commanding 4th Division in 1933.[1] His final appointments were as Commander-in-Chief, International Forces in the Saar in 1934, Adjutant-General, India in 1936 and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command in October 1937, serving in that role in the early years of World War II before retiring in 1941.[1]
Retirement
In retirement he was Deputy Regional Commissioner for the North Eastern Region of England.[5] He also wrote a Brind family history.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ↑ J.E.S. Brind's WWI Medal Index Card, The National Archive, Kew, Surrey, England.
- ↑ Dudley-Ward, C.H., 'The 56th Division' (Pub. John Murray (1921), P.315.
- ↑ Official History 1918 Volume V, p 125 and Appendix I.
- ↑ Deputy Regional Commissioners Hansard, 24 July 1941
- ↑ The history of the Brinds
- Official History 1918: Brigadier-General Sir James E. Edmonds, Military Operations France and Belgium, 1918 Volume V: 26 September – 11 November: The Advance to Victory 1947 (reprint Imperial War Museum, 1992) (ISBN 1-87023-06-2).
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Charles Bonham-Carter |
General Officer Commanding the 4th Division 1933–1935 |
Succeeded by James Dick-Cunyngham |
| Preceded by Sir Walter Leslie |
Adjutant-General, India 1936–1937 |
Succeeded by Sir Roger Wilson |
| Preceded by Sir Ivo Vesey |
GOC-in-C, Southern Command, India 1937 – 1941 |
Succeeded by Thomas Riddell-Webster |