Nevil Brownjohn

Sir Nevil Brownjohn
Born	1897
Died	1973 (aged 75 or 76)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1915-1958
Rank	General
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Military Cross

General Sir Nevil Charles Dowell Brownjohn GBE KCB CMG MC (1897–1973) was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.

Military career

Brownjohn was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1915: he served in World War I.^[1] In 1927 he was sent, as a Captain, to China to protect the international settlement in Shanghai; he used his skills as Russian speaker to raise a Company of White Russians.^[2]

He also served in World War II rising to be Major-General in charge of supplies to General Dwight Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, in 1943.^[1] He then became Deputy Chief of Staff at General Eisenhower's Headquarters in 1944 before being appointed Deputy Quartermaster-General in the Middle East later that year.^[1]

After the War he took charge of Administration for the British Army of the Rhine and then joined the Control Commission (British Sector) for Germany in 1947.^[1] He became Vice Quartermaster General at the War Office in 1949 and Vice Chief of Imperial General Staff in 1950.^[1] He was Chief Staff Officer at the Ministry of Defence from 1952 to 1955 when he became Quartermaster-General to the Forces; he retired in 1958.^[1]

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