| 词条 | James Bowes-Lyon |
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| name = Sir James Bowes-Lyon | image = | caption = | birth_date = 19 September 1917 | death_date = 1977 (aged 59 or 60) | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial = | nickname = | allegiance = United Kingdom | branch = British Army | serviceyears = 1938–73 | rank = Major General | unit = | commands = London District Household Division British Forces in Berlin 52nd Lowland Division District 157th Lowland Brigade 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards | battles = Second World War | awards = Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Companion of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross & Bar | relations = | laterwork = }} Major General Sir Francis James Cecil Bowes-Lyon, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCVO|CB|OBE|MC1}} (19 September 1917 – 1977) was a senior British Army officer who served as Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin from 1968 to 1970. Military careerBowes-Lyon was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1938,[1] and served in the Guards Armoured Division during the Second World War.[1] In 1955 he became Commandant at the Guards Depot and in 1957 he was made Commanding Officer of 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards.[1] He was appointed Military Assistant to Field Marshal Sir Francis Festing, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, in 1960 and Commander of 157th Lowland Brigade in 1963.[1] He went on to be General Officer Commanding 52nd Lowland Division District in 1966 and Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin in 1968.[1] In 1971 he was appointed Major-General commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District.[1] He retired in 1973.[1] Personal lifeBowes-Lyon married Mary de Trafford, daughter of Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 4th Baronet. The couple had three children, two sons, John and David, and a daughter, Fiona. The family lived at Sennicotts in West Sussex.[2] A descendent of the 13th Earl of Strathmore, he was a Gentleman Usher to the Royal Household[3] and a paternal first cousin of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.[4] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Sir John Nelson}}{{s-ttl|title=Commandant, British Sector in Berlin|years=1968–1970}}{{s-aft|after=Lord Cathcart}}2. ^Sennicotts 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=46197|page=1395|date=1 February 1974}} 4. ^Roots.web |-{{s-bef|before=Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard}}{{s-ttl|title=GOC London District|years=1971–1973}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Philip Ward}}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Bowes-Lyon, James}} 9 : 1917 births|1977 deaths|Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order|Companions of the Order of the Bath|Officers of the Order of the British Empire|Recipients of the Military Cross|British Army generals|Grenadier Guards officers|British Army personnel of World War II |
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