Frank William Ramsay


Major-General Frank William Ramsay was a senior British Army officer in the First World War.

Early life

Ramsay was educated at Dean Close School in Cheltenham.

Military career

Ramsay transferred from the Northumberland Militia Artillery into the Middlesex Regiment on 15 May 1897.
He served with the mounted infantry before the First World War. In the war, he served as commander of 48th Brigade and participated in the Battle of Messines in 1917. He went on to be General Officer Commanding 58th (2/1st London) Division in June 1918.
In 1925 he took command over a brigade of the Quetta Division, which he commanded with the temporary rank of colonel commandant while employed, until he retired in 1929. Later he lived in Holbrook Hall, Sudbury.
Ramsey was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1916 and appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1917 and Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1919.

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