John Minshull-Ford

John Minshull-Ford
Born 12 May 1881
Died 1 April 1948
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1900 - 1940
Rank Major-General
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross

Major-General John Randle Minshull-Ford CB DSO MC (12 May 1881 1 April 1948) was a British Army officer who briefly served as Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey before the German Occupation in 1940.

Military career

Educated at Twyford School,[1] Minshull-Ford was commissioned into the Royal Welch Fusiliers in 1900.[2] He served in World War I as Commander of the 1st Bn of his regiment in the British Expeditionary Force and was wounded at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March 1915.[2] He continued his war service as a Brigade Commander in the Home Forces and then in France from 1916.[2]

After the War he was briefly a Brigade Commander in the British Army of the Rhine and then served as Commanding Officer of 1 Bn South Staffordshire Regiment from 1925.[2] He was appointed Commander of 5th Infantry Brigade at Aldershot Command in 1930 and General Officer Commanding 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division in 1934 before retiring in 1938.[2][3]

He was briefly Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in 1940 just before the German Occupation.[2]

Family

In 1912 he married Dorothy Harmood-Banner, a daughter of the Liverpool accountant and M.P., Sir John Sutherland Harmood-Banner.[4]

References

Government offices
Preceded by
Alexander Telfer-Smollett
Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
7 June 194020 June 1940
Succeeded by
German Occupation