Edwin Bramall
Field Marshal Edwin Noel Westby Bramall, Baron Bramall, KG, GCB, OBE, MC, JP, DL (born 18 December 1923) is a retired senior British Army officer. He served as Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1979 and 1982, and as Chief of the Defence Staff, professional head of the British Armed Forces, from 1982 to 1985. He developed the concept of the "Fifth Pillar" pulling together the activities of defence attachés to form a structure for intervention in smaller countries.
Early life and family
Bramall was born on 18 December 1923 in Tonbridge, Kent, England. He was born the son of Edmund Haselden Bramall and Katherine Bridget Bramall (née Westby) and was educated at Eton College. In 1949 he married Dorothy Avril Wentworth Vernon; they had one son and one daughter. His older brother Ashley Bramall was a barrister, Labour politician and Leader of the Inner London Education Authority.
Military career
Bramall was commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps on 22 May 1943. He took part in the Normandy landings in 1944 and served with his regiment in Northwest Europe during the later stages of World War II, receiving the Military Cross on 1 March 1945.
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by: ParmaleeEvery now and then I think about you Wondered how I’d ever live without
you Whenever I think I figured it out my reasons turn to shame so I wash
em down forget it now I wanted you to stay but I watched myself fall away
from you So lay me down if you’re broken hearted and let the sunlight
shine in I’ll hold you close if I think you’re falling so we wont burn out in
the end I still have your pictures I still wonder how you are I’ve heard
about you and how you fell apart and I know you’ve been wasting for so
long now and I’m sorry that I did nothing to turn you around I just
watched myself (watched myself) fall away from you lay me down if you’re
broken hearted and let the sunlight shine in I’ll hold you close if I think
you’re falling so we won’t burn out in the end Shouldn’t I learn a thing or
two shouldn’t I wake up next to you shouldn’t I be the one that said to
hold you hold you shouldn’t I shouldn’t I shouldn’t I shouldn’t I hold you
hold you lay me down if you’re broken hearted and let the sunlight shine
in I’ll hold you close if I think you’re falling so we wont burn out in the
end lay me down if you’re broken hearted and let the sunlight shine in I’ll
hold you close if I think you’re falling so we wont burn out in the end in