What is Edwin Bramall?
{{Infobox military person |name= The Lord Bramall |image= Lord Bramall.jpg |image_size= |alt= |caption= Lord Bramall in the robes of a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter, June 2006 |birth_date= {{birth date|1923|12|18|df=yes}} |death_date= {{death date and age |2019|11|12 |1923|12|18 |df=yes}} |birth_place= [[Tonbridge]], [[Kent]], England |death_place= |placeofburial= |nickname= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= [[British Army]] |serviceyears= 1942–1985 |rank= [[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]] |servicenumber= |unit= |commands= [[Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the Defence Staff]]<br/>[[Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the General Staff]]<br/>[[Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces]]<br/>[[Commander British Forces in Hong Kong]]<br/>[[1st Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|1st Division]]<br/>[[5th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|5th (Airportable) Infantry Brigade]]<br/>2nd Battalion [[Royal Green Jackets]] |battles= [[Second World War]]<br/>[[Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation]]<br/>[[Falklands War]] |awards= [[Knight of the Order of the Garter]]<br/>[[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]]<br/>[[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]]<br/>[[Military Cross]]<br/>[[Order of Saint John (chartered 1888)|Knight of the Order of St John]]<br/>[[Mentioned in Despatches]] |relations= |laterwork= }} [[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]] '''Edwin Noel Westby Bramall, Baron Bramall''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|size=100%|KG|GCB|OBE|MC|JP|DL}} (18 December 1923 – 12 November 2019) was a senior [[British Army]] officer. Bramall was [[Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the General Staff]], the professional head of the British Army, between 1979 and 1982, and as [[Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the Defence Staff]], professional head of the [[British Armed Forces]], from 1982 to 1985. On 25 April 2013 Bramall retired from service in the House of Lords.<ref>{{cite hansard |jurisdiction=