| LC control no. | n 89202676 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Birdwood, Christopher Bromhead Birdwood, Baron, 1899-1962 |
| Variant(s) | Birdwood, Christopher Bromhead Birdwood, baron, b. 1899 Birdwood, C. B., 1899-1962 Birdwood, Lord, 1899-1962 |
| Birth date | 18990522 |
| Death date | 19620105 |
| Affiliation | India. Army. Bengal Lancers, 11th |
| Found in | A continent experiments: a picture of the present and conjecture for the future with a few memories from the past, 1945: title page (Lt.-Colonel The Hon. C.B. Birdwood, M.V.O) India and Pakistan: a continent decides, 1954: title page. (Lord Birdwood) Two nations and Kashmir, 1956: title page (Lord Birdwood) NUC, 1953-57 v. 3., p. 229 (hdg.: Birdwood, Christopher Bromhead Birdwood, baron, 1899- ) The Peerage, via WWW, October 10, 2013 (Lt.-Col. Christopher Bromhead Birdwood, 2nd Baron Birdwood; born May 22, 1899; son of Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood and Janetta Hope Gonville Bromhead; he gained the rank of officer in 1917 in the service of the King Edward VII's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse), Indian Army; he was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England; he fought in the First World War, and then in the Waziristan Campaign between 1919-1920 and 1937-1938; he was Aide-de-Camp to Commander-in-Chief, India between 1929 and 1930; he gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the King Edward VII's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse), Indian Army; he fought in the Second World War; he was invested as a Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) in 1939; he wrote the following books: A History of the Worcestershire Regiment; A Continent Experiments; A Continent Decides; Two Nations and Kashmir; Nuri as Said: a Study in Arab Leadership; he succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Birdwood and to the title of 2nd Baron Birdwood, of Anzac, and of Totnes, co. Devon on May 17, 1951; he died on January 5, 1962) |
| Associated language | eng |
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