1891
sibling
Bertie A S Brunskill
Source:9190297
1891
1893
sibling
May M Brunskill
Source:9190297
1893
1901
location
81 St Ronans Road, Portsmouth
United Kingdom
parents address
Source:9190297
1901
1910
education
Trained as King's Indian Cadet
Royal Military College
Sandhurst
United Kingdom
Source:9190140
1910 - 17th January 1911
1910
enlistment
United Kingdom
Source:9190140
1910
1911
commission
Regular
Source:9190087
18th January 1911
1911
service
Indian Army
Second Lieutenant
Unattached List
Source:9190087
18th January 1911 - 5th March 1912
1911
service
British Army
Second Lieutenant
King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
1st Battalion
Source:9190140
February 1911
1911
location
Chakrata, United Provinces India
India
military residence address
Source:9190298
1911
1912
service
Indian Army
Second Lieutenant
47th Sikhs
Source:9190087
1912 - 1913
1912
theatres
Indian Frontier :6g
Source:9190140
1912 - August 1914
1913
service
Indian Army
Lieutenant
47th Sikhs
Source:9190087
18th April 1913 - 3rd July 1916
1914
theatres
France & Belgium: 1a
Source:5458172
29th September 1914
1914
hospitalisation
Lost an eye while leading a night patrol on 5th November 1914 with 47th Sikhs in France.
Hospital/Institution
Source:9190214
5th November 1914 - April 1915
1915
awards
Military Cross (MC)
British Award/Decoration
Source:9190214
18th February 1915
1915
hospitalisation
Left leg broken during the Second Battle of Ypres
Hospital/Institution
Source:9190140
April 1915 - May 1915
1916
appointments
Staff Captain
Source:9190087
4th July 1916 - 25th November 1917
1916
service
Indian Army
Lieutenant
47th Sikhs
Attached to War Office
Source:9190140
4th July 1916 - 31st August 1916
1916
service
Indian Army
Captain
47th Sikhs
Attached to War Office
Source:9190140
1st September 1916 - 25th November 1917
1917
appointments
Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, XIV Corps
Source:9190140
26th November 1917
1917
service
Indian Army
Captain
47th Sikhs
Attached to XIV Corps
Source:9190140
26th November 1917 - 24th February 1918
1918
service
Indian Army
Temporary Major
47th Sikhs
Attached to General Staff
Source:9190087
25th February 1918 - 31st December 1919
1918
theatres
Italy :1b
Source:5458172
1918
1919
service
Indian Army
Brevet Major
47th Sikhs
Attached to General Staff
Source:9190087
1st January 1919 - 8th March 1919
1919
awards
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD)
British Award/Decoration
Source:5458172
6th January 1919
1919
service
British Army
Captain and Brevet Major
King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Source:9190087
9th March 1919 - 1st August 1923
1920
awards
Officer - Order of the Crown - Italy
Other War Service Award
Source:9190087
18th August 1920
1923
awards
Cavalier - Order St Maurice and St Lazarus - Italy
Other War Service Award
Source:9190087
2nd March 1923
1923
service
British Army
Captain and Brevet Major
General Staff
Seconded from King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Source:9190087
2nd August 1923 - 10th February 1926
1924
appointments
Staff Captain
Source:9190087
21st January 1924
1924
appointments
Company Commander, Staff College Camberley
Source:9190140
1924 - 1926
1924
education
Staff College
Camberley
United Kingdom
Source:9190140
1924 - 1926
1926
service
British Army
Major
General Staff
Seconded from King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Source:9190087
11th February 1926 - 10th February 1934
1926
appointments
Company Commander, 1st Kings' Shropshire Light Inf
Source:9190214
1926 - 1927
1927
appointments
General Staff Officer - 2nd Grade (Aden)
Source:9190087
9th December 1927 - 6th May 1928
1928
appointments
General Staff Officer - 2nd Grade (Army HQ India)
Source:9190140
1928 - 13th November 1931
1928
appointments
Assistant Quartermaster General - GS Branch, AHQ
Source:9190087
1st June 1928
1931
appointments
Second in Comnd 1st Bn King's Shropshire Light Inf
Source:9190140
1931
1934
service
British Army
Lieutenant Colonel
General Staff
Seconded from King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Source:9190087
11th February 1934 - 10th February 1938
1937
appointments
Colonel I/C Administration, Palestine
Source:9190140
1937 - 1941
1937
appointments
Astnt Adjutant & Quartermaster General, Palestine
Source:9190087
23rd September 1937
1938
service
British Army
Colonel
General Staff
Source:9190087
11th February 1938
1941
appointments
Brigadier I/C Administration, Palestine
Source:9190140
1941 - 1941
1941
awards
Commander of the British Empire (CBE)
British Award/Decoration
Source:9190087
1st April 1941
1941
awards
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD)
British Award/Decoration
Source:9190087
30th December 1941
1941
service
British Army
Temporary Brigadier
General Staff
Source:9190087
30th December 1941
1942
awards
Military Cross 1st Class - Greece
Other War Service Award
Source:9190087
10th April 1942
1943
appointments
Brigadier I/C Administration, Northern Ireland
Source:9190140
May 1943 - 1945
1944
service
British Army
Colonel
General Staff
Source:9190087
31st December 1944 - 18th June 1945
1945
discharge
Source:9190087
19th June 1945
1945
service
British Army
Honorary Brigadier
General Staff
Reserve of Officers
Source:9190087
19th June 1945 - 26th August 1949
appointments
Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Italy
Source:5458172
appointments
Officer Commndg 1st Bn King's Shropshire Light Inf
Source:9190140
appointments
Officer I/C establishing Congo-Cairo supply route
Source:9190140