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    • Source: William Bradshaw (British Army officer)

      • Major-General William Pat Arthur Bradshaw (8 March 1897 − 9 April 1966) was a British Army officer.


      Biography


      Educated at Eton College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Bradshaw was commissioned into the Scots Guards in 1914. He was deployed to France and was mentioned in dispatches and appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in 1917.
      After serving as ADC to the Viceroy of India, Bradshaw became commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards in 1935 and commander of the Scots Guards Regiment and Regimental District in 1938.
      He became commander of 4th (London) Infantry Brigade, which was later renamed the 140th (London) Infantry Brigade, in August 1939. He went on to be commander of commander of 24th Independent Brigade in November 1941, General Officer Commanding 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division in April 1942 and General Officer Commanding 48th (South Midland) Division in March 1944 before retiring in May 1946.


      Family


      In 1938 he married a daughter of Lord Cadman.


      References




      Bibliography


      Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.


      External links


      Generals of World War II

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