Algernon Ransome

Major-General Algernon Lee Ransome CB, DSO, MC (29 August 1883 – 1969) was a British Army officer.

Algernon Ransome
Born29 August 1883
Died1969
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands held170th (2/1st North Lancashire) Brigade
2nd Indian Infantry Brigade
46th Infantry Division
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross

Military career

Ransome was commissioned into the Dorsetshire Regiment on 19 December 1903.[1] He became commanding officer of the 7th Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) in 1916 at commanded it during the Spring Offensive in March 1918 during the First World War.[2] He went on to command 170th (2/1st North Lancashire) Brigade from September 1918 to the end of the war.[2] After that, he became commander of 2nd Indian Infantry Brigade in January 1934 and General Officer Commanding the 46th Infantry Division in October 1939 before retiring in December 1939.[3]

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References

  1. "No. 27627". The London Gazette. 18 December 1903. p. 8338.
  2. Hodgkinson, Peter E (2015). British Infantry Battalion Commanders in the First World War. Ashgate. ISBN 978-1472438256.
  3. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 13 June 2020.
Military offices
New title GOC 46th Infantry Division
1932–1934
Succeeded by
Henry Curtis


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