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Robert Bridgeman, 2nd Viscount Bridgeman

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as well as the TA in the next year. In 1942, Bridgeman was promoted to colonel and temporary major-general. He was nominated deputy adjutant-general to the War Office in 1944, a post he held until the end of the war. In 1951, Bridgeman retired, having been granted the rank of honorary major-general.
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in 1932. Bridgeman held this command until 1934 and became brevet lieutenant-colonel in the following year, having been simultaneously appointed to the
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one year later. Bridgeman was president of the West Midland Territorial Army and Volunteer Reserve Association in 1968 and the next year.
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hostile barrage, during which he was wounded, but remained at his post, showing a fine example to all ranks.
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After the war, he was private secretary to his father in 1918 and became captain in 1921. He attended the
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Churchill's Lions: a biographical guide to the key British generals of World War II
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at Shrewsbury in 1946, and 1948 when the hospital was taken over by the
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contributions in Parliament by Robert Bridgeman, 2nd Viscount Bridgeman
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On 12 June 1930, he married Mary Kathleen Lane Fox, second daughter of
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Bridgeman retired on half-pay in 1937, however was reactivated to the
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Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War
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in the New Year's Honours 1944, and became honorary colonel of the
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Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
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Representing the county also as 326:William Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman 16:British Army officer and peer (1896–1982) 921:(Supplement). 1 June 1954. p. 3266. 776:(Supplement). 11 May 1951. p. 2702. 747:(Supplement). 9 July 1940. p. 4261. 225:Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 663:. Cambridge University Press. pp.  567: 353:Bridgeman became 2nd lieutenant in the 589: 460:48th (South Midland) Infantry Division 1168:British Army personnel of World War I 1163:British Army generals of World War II 547:, Shropshire. 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Index

The Right Honourable
KBE
CB
DSO
MC
JP
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Hereditary peerage
The 1st Viscount Bridgeman
The 3rd Viscount Bridgeman
London
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross
Mentioned in despatches
British Army
Major-General
Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
145th Infantry Brigade
First World War
Second World War
Major-General
KBE
CB
DSO
MC
JP
British Army

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