Talk:Edwin Bramall

'Sir' Prefix?

Is there any reason why the page doesn't use his 'Sir' prefix? According to Wikipedia's Order of the Bath page 'Knights Grand Cross and Knights Commander prefix "Sir," and Dames Grand Cross and Dames Commander prefix "Dame," to their forenames.' Unless there's something about his being a baron life peer that changes it. Siberia~enwiki (talk) 17:17, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

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Wasn't he the last serving officer to have served in WW2? I'm sure it was on the news when he retired. The Soviets also had some elderly generals who were WW2 vets until the late 1980s. Also, wasn't Bramall (aet 22) a very young major by the end of WW2? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 171.192.0.10 (talk) 14:31, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

I am unable to find any independent sources on this. Dormskirk (talk) 11:10, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

BNP Leak

According to the BNP membership leak, it looks like Lord Bramall is a member of the British Nationalist Party. He's number 184. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.40.223.68 (talk) 08:16, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

The 'Lord Bramhall' on the leaked list is plainly not Dwin Bramall. The spelling of the name is different, and the address of 'Lord Bramhall' is in Stoke-on-Trent, a city with whioh Dwin Bramall has no connection. Even if the details did tie up, the wikileaks list is not a reliable source. The 'Lord Bramhall' of the leaked list appears to refer to Brian Lord Bramhall. Sam Blacketer (talk) 08:40, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Disregard then. I figured I put that up here instead of the main page, just to make retraction easier. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.40.223.68 (talk) 09:27, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

So given that it's not him, why should it even be mentioned in the article? -Paul1337 (talk) 11:50, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

I think the case of mistaken identity should be left in and have reworded it and sourced it accordingly. This man doesn't make the news very often these days but certainly has here, plus plenty of bloggers and others went along with the error and have named him as a BNP member. Not everyone who comes across the allegation will come across its debunking, and plenty of people will be looking him up on Wikipedia, so we ought to set the record straight. Old Man of Storr (talk) 14:54, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Early army service

I remember being at a talk by Bramall either 1977 or 78, when he mentioned he joined the army as a private and was promoted to Lance-Corporal for having the best pair of boots in the squad. Obviously we would need a RS to add this but it does not match with the article.Jim Sweeney (talk) 07:49, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

This sounds like a wonderful anecdote to include in the article, if we can source it. I did some searching just now in the google news archives and could not find it. However, I did find this: "Even so, one little gathering did go ahead. Field Marshall Lord Bramall had been due to preside at a book launch. As the book was a biography of him, his presence was appropriate. "[1].

While searching for that - a book written about him around 2005 (no luck) I came across this: "Address to the Rotary Club of Hong Kong by Commander British force, Tuesday, 27 May, 1975" Not available, but if you have an interest in his life, I suspect that this address would be similar to the one you heard in 77 or 78.--Jimbo Wales (talk) 12:45, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Update: Here's that 2005 biography. I'm betting it would be very helpful in making this a better biography.--Jimbo Wales (talk) 12:46, 27 June 2011 (UTC)