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Frank William Ramsay
Ramsay (center) with officers in 1917
Born10 December 1875
Died1 October 1954 (aged 78)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
RankBrigadier General
Commands48th Brigade
58th Division (1918-1919)
6th Infantry Brigade(1919-1923)
Battles / warsBattle of Messines (1917)
AwardsDistinguished Service Order

Brigadier General Frank William Ramsay CB (1919),CMG (1917), DSO (1916)[1] (10 December 1875 – 1 October 1954) was a senior British Army officer in World War I.

Military career

Ramsay on horseback in 1917

He served with the Mounted infantry before World War I. In the war, he became commanding officer 48th Brigade of the 16th Irish Division and participated in the Battle of Messines 1917. In 1925 he took command over a Brigade of the Quetta Division until he retired in 1929. Later he lived in Holbrook Hall, Sudbury.[1]

Works

  • "Polo Pony Training with Some Hints on the Game" London and Portsmouth, Gale & Polden (1928)[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Who Was Who. Volume V. A Companion to Who's Who Containing the Biographies of Those who died during the period 1951 - 1960, A & C Black Limited, 1964.
  2. ^ Horace A. Laffaye:"The Polo Encyclopedia, 2d ed.", McFarland & Co. Inc. (2015); ISBN 978-0786495771, p. 306
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