This section contains biographies of Army officers in either the British Army or Indian Army who saw service during the Second World War, whose surnames begin with the letter ‘B’ and either:

1. Reached the rank of Colonel or above;
2. Achieved some other notable distinction.

The biographies are a short synopsis of the career of each person. The main sources for these biographies are: Who’s Who, the London Gazette and Army Lists; supplemented by additional information from reliable sources. Several Indian Army officers have their service histories preserved at the British Library in the L/MIL/14 series.

Those included to date are:

BAKER, Lieutenant General Sir William Henry Goldney (Revised: 4 October 2021),
BOWERMAN, Brigadier John Francis (Revised: 15 October 2020),
BRIGGS, Lieutenant General Sir Harold Rawdon (Being Reviewed),
BRUCE, Major General George McIllree Stanton (Being Reviewed),
BURCH Major General Frederick Whitmore (New: 4 October 2021).

Others will follow as they are written, and will be added to this document on a regular basis. If information is required on a specific person, please contact me.