Brigadier William Charles Vernon Galwey (1897–1977) was a senior officer in the British Army who served in World War I and World War II.Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, Burke's Irish Family Records London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976The London Gazette, 25 February 1955, Issue 40419, p. 1251
Biography
Galwey was born on 18 February 1897, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Edward Galwey and Anne Louisa Valentine. He was educated at Bedford Modern School and commissioned in 1914 in the service of the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment.
During World War I Galwey was awarded the Military Cross in 1917 and bar in 1918. After World War I he joined the Royal Signals. He fought in World War IIThe London Gazette, 30 January 1940, Issue 34783, p.647 where he gained the rank of Brigadier in the service of the Royal Signals.The London Gazette 8 October 1948, Issue 38428, p.5391 He was appointed successively; Chief Signals Officer Palestine and Trans-Jordan (1939–41), Director of Military Communications, Syria and Lebanon (1941–43), Chief Signals Officer, British Troops in Egypt (1943–44), Chief Signals Officer, Western Command (1944-5), Chief Signals Officer Central Command (India) (1945-6), Chief Signals Officer, Allied Land Forces, South-East Asia (1946–47) and finally commander of the Training Brigade, Royal Signals (1947–50) after which he retired. He was invested as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1941.The London Gazette 14 January 1944, Issue 36328, p. 277
Galwey died in 1977 in Surrey.
References
External links Generals of World War II