Bertram Mitford (British Army officer)

Major-General Bertram Reveley Mitford CB, CMG, DSO (6 February 1863 – 23 February 1936) was a British Army officer.

Bertram Mitford
Born6 February 1863
Died23 February 1936
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands held6th Infantry Brigade
9th Infantry Brigade
72nd Infantry Brigade
42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division
Battles/warsDongola Campaign
Second Boer War
First World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order

Military career

Mitford was commissioned into the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) in 1882.[1] He transferred to the Egyptian Army in January 1886 and back to the British Army in January 1897.[1] After seeing action in the Dongola Campaign and the Second Boer War, he became commander of the 6th Infantry Brigade in December 1906 and then commander of the 9th Infantry Brigade in May 1907.[2]

He went on to command the 72nd Infantry Brigade in 1914 and deployed to the Western Front where he took part at the Battle of Loos in September 1915 and the Battle of the Somme in autumn 1916.[1] He then became General Officer Commanding 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division in March 1917, again on the Western Front, and took part in the Battle of Passchendaele in autumn 1917.[3] He handed over his command in October 1917.[4]

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References
  1. "Obituary Notice: Major-General Bertram Reveley Mitford, CB, CMG, DSO, FSA, FRGS" (PDF). University of Khartoum. 30 June 1936. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  2. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  3. Hill, Richard (2019). A Biographical Dictionary of the Sudan. Routledge. ISBN 978-1136227769.
  4. Hodgkinson, Peter Eric (1 August 2013). "British Infantry Battalion Commanders in the First World War" (PDF). University of Birmingham. p. 154. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
Military offices
Preceded by
William Douglas		 GOC 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division
March 1917 – October 1917		 Succeeded by
Arthur Solly-Flood
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