John Minshull-Ford

John Minshull-Ford
Born	12 May 1881
Died	1 April 1948 (aged 66)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1900–1940
Rank	Major General
Unit	Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Commands held	1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment 5th Infantry Brigade 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Military Cross

Major General John Randle Minshull-Ford CB DSO MC (12 May 1881 – 1 April 1948) was a senior British Army officer who briefly served as Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey before the German Occupation in 1940.

Military career

Educated at Twyford School,^[1] Minshull-Ford was commissioned into the Royal Welch Fusiliers in 1900.^[2] He served in World War I as Commander of the 1st Bn of his regiment in the British Expeditionary Force and was wounded at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March 1915.^[2] He continued his war service as a Brigade Commander in the Home Forces and then in France from 1916.^[2]

After the War he was briefly a Brigade Commander in the British Army of the Rhine and then served as Commanding Officer of 1 Bn South Staffordshire Regiment from 1925.^[2] He was appointed Commander of 5th Infantry Brigade at Aldershot Command in 1930 and General Officer Commanding 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division in 1934 before retiring in 1938.^[2][3]

He was briefly Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in 1940 just before the German Occupation.^[2]

Family

In 1912 he married Dorothy Harmood-Banner, a daughter of the Liverpool accountant and M.P., Sir John Sutherland Harmood-Banner.^[4]

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