Richard Bradshaw (British Army officer)
Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Phillip Bradshaw, KBE (1 August 1920 – 12 October 1999) was a senior British Army officer and doctor. He served as Director General Army Medical Services from 1977 to 1981.[1]
Sir Richard Bradshaw | |
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Nickname(s) | Dick |
Born | 1 August 1920 |
Died | 12 October 1999 79) | (aged
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1946–1981 |
Rank | Lieutenant-General |
Service number | 371807 |
Commands held | Commandant RAMC Training Centre Director General Army Medical Services |
Battles/wars | Mau Mau uprising Cold War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) |
Early life
Bradshaw was born on 1 August 1920.[2] He was educated at Newport High School, a comprehensive school in Newport, Wales.[2] He studied medicine at Westminster Hospital Medical School,[3] graduating in 1945.[2]
Military career
Bradshaw was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army, on 9 November 1946 as a lieutenant.[4] He was promoted to captain on 9 November 1947.[5] On 24 November 1948, he transferred from an emergency commission to a short service commission.[6] He spent his early career working in pathology in various United Kingdom based military hospitals and had one short, overseas posting to Sri Lanka.[2] In 1950, he began a two-year posting to the War Office where he worked on laboratory policy.[2] On 26 July 1951, he transferred to a regular commission.[7] In 1952, he began the senior officers' course at the Royal Army Medical College, London.[2] He then qualified as a specialist in pathology.[2] He was promoted to major on 9 November 1954.[8]
In 1954, during the Mau Mau uprising, he was posted to the East Africa Command as a pathologist. During the posting he was also commander of the British military hospital in Nairobi.[2] In 1959, he was posted to Washington, D.C. as an exchange officer. There he worked at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.[2] He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 9 November 1961.[9] From 1963 to 1966, he served as a research pathologist at the Chemical Defence Experimental Establishment, Porton Down.[2] In 1966, he was posted to the headquarters of the British Army of the Rhine as Assistant Director of Pathology.[2] On 9 November 1969, he was promoted to colonel.[10] From 1969 to 1971, he was Professor of Pathology at the Royal Army Medical College.[1]
Following his professorship, his career turned towards command and administration.[2] He served as Commanding Officer of the Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot Garrison from 1971 to 1973.[1] On 1 June 1973, he was promoted to brigadier.[11] From 1973 to 1975, he was Commandant of the RAMC Training Centre.[2] He was once more posted to West Germany when, on 6 July 1975, he was appointed Director of Medical Services, British Army of the Rhine and made an acting major general.[12] He was promoted to major general on 26 September 1975.[13] On 30 March 1977, he was appointed Director General Army Medical Services and promoted to lieutenant-general.[14] In the 1977 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE).[15]
On 7 April 1981, he retired from the British Army.[16]
Later life
Following his retirement from the military, Bradshaw served on a number of management committees of philanthropic and charitable organisations.[2] His hobbies included bird watching and gardening.[2]
He died on 12 October 1999.[2]
References
- "BRADSHAW, Sir Richard Phillip (born 1920), Lieutenant General". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. King's College London. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- "Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Bradshaw". The Times. 20 October 1999. p. 23.
- "Court Circular". The Times. 7 October 1977. p. 16.
- "No. 37823". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 December 1946. p. 6172.
- "No. 38156". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 December 1947. p. 6131.
- "No. 38478". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 December 1948. p. 6480.
- "No. 39318". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 August 1951. p. 4542.
- "No. 40341". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 November 1954. p. 6844.
- "No. 42508". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 November 1961. p. 8092.
- "No. 44966". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 November 1969. p. 11046.
- "No. 45997". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1973. p. 7008.
- "No. 46626". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 July 1975. p. 8691.
- "No. 46698". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 September 1975. p. 12234.
- "No. 47189". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 April 1977. p. 4639.
- "No. 47234". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1977. p. 7085.
- "No. 48606". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 May 1981. p. 6627.
Military offices | ||
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Preceded by Sir James Baird |
Director General Army Medical Services 1977–1981 |
Succeeded by Sir Alan Reay |