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)

Yes. He is a Baron which is a higher grade so he drops the "Sir". Dormskirk (talk) 17:24, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

Untitled

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)

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: [http://www.amazon.com/Address-Rotary-Commander-British-Tuesday/dp/B0007CDEA4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309178574&sr=8-1 "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: [http://www.amazon.com/Dwin-Bramall-Authorised-Biography-Marshall/dp/075094238X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1309178686&sr=1-2 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)

Operation Midland etc

Why is there nothing in here, seeing as it has received significant national coverage? Mato (talk) 15:00, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Because it was removed having regard to WP:LIBEL. Dormskirk (talk) 20:29, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Yes, but surely the investigation, subsequent raid, and apology should be mentioned. Remember it is an incontrovertible *fact* that these things occurred. It would be libellous to say the accusations are true; however, simply to mention facts is most definitely not. Fmc47 (talk) 07:53, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

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Article name

The article is named Edwin Bramall. Is that appropriate, as he was a life peer and not your average civilian, as the current name implies. Editrite! (talk) 21:21, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

See WP:COMMONNAME. Dormskirk (talk) 21:48, 15 November 2019 (UTC)