Major-General Robert Wallace Tudor Britten (28 February 1922 – 11 July 1995)Grave Memorial
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officer.

Military career

Educated at

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and

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, Britten was commissioned into the

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in 1941 during the

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. He became commanding officer of 1st Training Regiment Royal Engineers in 1964. He went on to be commander of 30th Engineer Brigade in 1967, Director of Equipment Management (Army) at the

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in 1970 and Deputy Quartermaster-General in 1971. His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding West Midlands District in 1973 before retiring in 1976. In 1947 he married Elizabeth Mary Jane Davies; they had one son and one daughter.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Britten, Robert 1922 births 1995 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge British Army major generals British Army personnel of World War II Companions of the Order of the Bath People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire Recipients of the Military Cross Royal Engineers officers