Edward Branch (British Army officer)

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Sir Edward Branch

KCMG CB
Nickname(s)Dickie
Born1803
Died1871
AllegianceFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Service / branchFlag of the British Army.svg  British Army
Years of service1824-1851
Rank Colonel
Service number 19684
Unit The Life Guards
Commands Cavalry Division
Alma mater Eton
Relations Ivo Branch (son)

Sir Edward Algernon St. Maur Branch KCMG CB (b. 1803, Michaelston-super-Ely; d. 1871) was a British Army officer.

Life and military career

Born to cavalry officer Ivo Nathaniel March Fennell Branch at Michaelston-super-Ely, Branch was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. [1] [2] He was commissioned as a second lieutenant [a cornet] in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards, part of the Household Cavalry in 1824. [3] [4] Appointed Commander of the Order of the Bath and Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George for his military service. [5] [2]

The father of cavalry officer Ivo Branch and a relation of Royal Air Force fighter pilot Guy Branch, one of "The Few". [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Edward Branch of Michaelston-super-Ely". The Journal of Glamorgan History. 6 (1): 16. 2008.
  2. 1 2 Obituary, The Times , 13 November 1871
  3. 1 2 "Branch, Sir Edward". Glamorgan Family History Society Journal. 33: 17. 2014.
  4. ↑ "Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives - King's Collections / Archive Catalogues". archives.kingscollections.org. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  5. ↑ Archives, The National (2014-06-13). "The National Archives - Here comes the cavalry! Records of the Household Cavalry go online". The National Archives blog. Retrieved 2025-05-14.


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