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[[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] '''Robert Francis Brydges Naylor''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB|CBE|DSO|MC}} (6 October 1889 – 23 December 1971) was a general officer in the [[British Army]]. During the [[Second World War]] he was Major-General in charge of Administration at the [[War Office]] from 1939 to 1941, Deputy [[Quartermaster-General to the Forces|Quartermaster-General]] from 11941 to 1943, Vice Quartermaster-General from 1943 to 1944, and Commander of the Line of Communications of the [[21st Army Group]] in the [[North-West Europe Campaign of 1944–45]].
[[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] '''Robert Francis Brydges Naylor''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB|CBE|DSO|MC}} (6 October 1889 – 23 December 1971) was a general officer in the [[British Army]]. During the [[Second World War]] he was Major-General in charge of Administration at the [[War Office]] from 1939 to 1941, Deputy [[Quartermaster-General to the Forces|Quartermaster-General]] from 1941 to 1943, Vice Quartermaster-General from 1943 to 1944, and Commander of the Line of Communications of the [[21st Army Group]] in the [[North-West Europe Campaign of 1944–45]].

== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Robert Francis (Frank) Brydges Naylor was born on 6 October 1889,<ref name="Army List">{{cite book |page=128 |title=Half-Yearly Army List |date=31 December 1938 |publisher=British Army |url=https://search.findmypast.com.au/record?id=S2/US/MCV/ARMY/ARMYLISTHALFJAN1939GREA/0075&parentid=S2/US/MCV/ARMY/ARMYLISTHALFJAN1939GREA/0075 |access-date= 3 June 2019}}</ref> the son of son of Charles Topham Naylor.<ref name="peerage">{{cite web |title=Maj.-Gen. Robert Francis Brydges Naylor |publisher=The Peerage |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p6914.htm |access-date= 3 June 2019}}</ref> He was educated at [[Charterhouse School]] and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]],{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=231}} and was commissioned as a [[second lieutenant]] in the [[South Staffordshire Regiment]] on 18 September 1909.<ref name="Commissioned">{{London Gazette |date=17 September 1909 |issue=28289 |page=6962}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] on 1 April 1910.<ref name="Army List" /> The South Staffordshire Regiment garrisoned of [[Gibraltar]] from February 1911 until January 1913.<ref>{{cite web |title=South Staffordshire Regiment in Gibraltar, 1911-1913 |date= 2 June 2009 |publisher= Morgan Web Site |url=https://www.morganfourman.com/articles/south-staffordshire-regiment-gibraltar/ |access-date= 3 June 2019}}</ref> He was seconded to the [[Royal Engineers Signal Service]] on 1 October 1912.<ref name="Army List" />


During the [[Great War]] Naylor served on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]], where he was [[mentioned in despatches]] seven times,{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=231}} and awarded the [[Military Cross]].<ref name="MC">{{London Gazette |date=11 January 1916 |issue=29438 |supp=1 |page=580}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] on 26 May 1915,<ref name="Army List" /> and acting [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] on 15 March 1917,<ref name="major (acting 15 March 1917)">{{London Gazette |date=29 June 1917 |issue=30157 |supp=1 |page=6490}}</ref> but relinquished the rank on ceasing to command a divisional signals company in November 1917.<ref name="capt again">{{London Gazette |date=23 November 1917 |issue=30398 |supp=1 |page=12303}}</ref> However, he was promoted to honorary major on 1 January 1918,<ref name="major (honorary)">{{London Gazette |date=28 December 1917 |issue=30450 |supp=1 |page=13}}</ref> and acting [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] on 12 May 1918 as assistant director of signals at [[British Expeditionary Force (World War I)|BEF]] [[General headquarters|GHQ]].<ref name="lt col">{{London Gazette |date=21 June 1918 |issue=30762 |supp=1 |page=7437}}</ref> He was admitted to the [[Distinguished Service Order]] in the [[1919 Birthday Honours]].<ref name="DSO">{{London Gazette |city=Edinburgh |date=5 June 1919 |issue=13453 |page=1853}}</ref>
<ref name="Commissioned">{{London Gazette |date=17 September 1909 |issue=28289 |page=6962}}</ref>

<ref name="MC">{{London Gazette |date=11 January 1916 |issue=29438 |supp=1 |page=580}}</ref>
After the war ended, Naylor relinquished his rank of lieutenant colonel on 29 March 1919, and reverted to his substantive rank of captain.<ref name="major again">{{London Gazette |date=4 July 1919 |issue=31434 |supp=1 |page=8477}}</ref> When the [[Royal Corps of Signals]] was formed in 1920, he transferred to the new corps with the rank of captain, backdated to 26 May 1915.<ref name="sigs">{{London Gazette |date=23 November 1920 |issue=32136 |page=11574}}</ref> He attended the [[Staff College, Camberley]], in 1921-22, and was [[brigade major]] of the Signals Training Centre from 1923 to 1925.{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=231}} He was promoted to the substantive rank of major on 20 November 1924.<ref name="major at last">{{London Gazette |date=21 November 1924 |issue=32995 |page=8424}}</ref> He then served in Malta from 1925 to 1927.{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=231}} On 20 October 1927, he married Lady Mary Millicent Rachel Byng, the daughter of [[Edmund Byng, 6th Earl of Strafford]]. They had two sons and a daughter.<ref name="peerage" />
<ref name="DSO">{{London Gazette |city=Edinburgh |date=5 June 1919 |issue=13453 |page=1853}}</ref>

<ref name="CB">{{London Gazette |date=5 June 1942 |issue=35586 |page=2477}}</ref>
Naylor served with the [[West African Frontier Force]] from 1928 to 1931.{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=231}} He was promoted to lieutenant colonel again on 15 February 1931,<ref name="Army List" /> and commanded the [[3rd Division (United Kingdom)|3rd Division]] Signals Company at [[Bulford]], [[Wiltshire]] from 1931 to 1935.{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=231}} He was promoted to [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] on 15 February 1935. He was chief staff officer at [[Scottish Command]] in 1936 and 1937, and [[brigadier]] in charge of administration at [[Western Command (United Kingdom)|Western Command]] from 1938 to 1939.{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=231}}

During the [[Second World War]] he was Major-General in charge of Administration at the [[War Office]] from 1939 to 1941, Deputy [[Quartermaster-General to the Forces|Quartermaster-General]] from 1941 to 1943, Vice Quartermaster-General from 1943 to 1944, and Commander of the Line of Communications of the [[21st Army Group]] in the [[North-West Europe Campaign of 1944–45]].{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=231}} He was made a [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] in the [[1942 Birthday Honours]] in June 1942.<ref name="CB">{{London Gazette |date=5 June 1942 |issue=35586 |page=2477}}</ref>

Naylor became GOC [[50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division]] and the Northumbrian District in 1945 and served until he retired from the Army in 1946.<ref name=commands>{{cite web|url=https://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref> He remained colonel of the Royal Signals until 1953.{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=231}} He died on 23 December 1971.<ref name="peerage" />


==Notes==
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last=Mead |first=Richard |title=The Men Behind Monty |location=Barnsley, Yorkshire |year=2015 |publisher=Pen and Sword |isbn=978-1-47382-716-5 |oclc=922926980 |ref=harv }}
*{{cite book |last=Smart |first=Nick |title=Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War |location=Barnsley, Yorkshire |year=2005 |publisher=Pen and Sword |isbn=978-1-84415-049-6 |oclc=58555546 }}

* {{cite book |last=Smart |first=Nick |title=Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War |location=Barnsley, Yorkshire |year=2005 |publisher=Pen and Sword |isbn=978-1-84415-049-6 |oclc=58555546 |ref=harv }}
==External links==
*[https://generals.dk/general/Naylor/Robert_Francis_Brydges/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]


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Robert Francis Brydges Naylor
Captain R. F. B. Naylor served with a signalling company during the Great War
Born(1889-10-06)6 October 1889
Died23 December 1971(1971-12-23) (aged 82)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1909–1946
RankMajor-General
Service number19402
UnitSouth Staffordshire Regiment
Royal Corps of Signals
Battles / warsWorld War I:

World War II:

AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross
Mentioned in Despatches (7)
Legion of Honour (France)

Major-General Robert Francis Brydges Naylor, CB, CBE, DSO, MC (6 October 1889 – 23 December 1971) was a general officer in the British Army. During the Second World War he was Major-General in charge of Administration at the War Office from 1939 to 1941, Deputy Quartermaster-General from 1941 to 1943, Vice Quartermaster-General from 1943 to 1944, and Commander of the Line of Communications of the 21st Army Group in the North-West Europe Campaign of 1944–45.

Biography

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Robert Francis (Frank) Brydges Naylor was born on 6 October 1889,[1] the son of son of Charles Topham Naylor.[2] He was educated at Charterhouse School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,[3] and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the South Staffordshire Regiment on 18 September 1909.[4] He was promoted to lieutenant on 1 April 1910.[1] The South Staffordshire Regiment garrisoned of Gibraltar from February 1911 until January 1913.[5] He was seconded to the Royal Engineers Signal Service on 1 October 1912.[1]

During the Great War Naylor served on the Western Front, where he was mentioned in despatches seven times,[3] and awarded the Military Cross.[6] He was promoted to captain on 26 May 1915,[1] and acting major on 15 March 1917,[7] but relinquished the rank on ceasing to command a divisional signals company in November 1917.[8] However, he was promoted to honorary major on 1 January 1918,[9] and acting lieutenant colonel on 12 May 1918 as assistant director of signals at BEF GHQ.[10] He was admitted to the Distinguished Service Order in the 1919 Birthday Honours.[11]

After the war ended, Naylor relinquished his rank of lieutenant colonel on 29 March 1919, and reverted to his substantive rank of captain.[12] When the Royal Corps of Signals was formed in 1920, he transferred to the new corps with the rank of captain, backdated to 26 May 1915.[13] He attended the Staff College, Camberley, in 1921-22, and was brigade major of the Signals Training Centre from 1923 to 1925.[3] He was promoted to the substantive rank of major on 20 November 1924.[14] He then served in Malta from 1925 to 1927.[3] On 20 October 1927, he married Lady Mary Millicent Rachel Byng, the daughter of Edmund Byng, 6th Earl of Strafford. They had two sons and a daughter.[2]

Naylor served with the West African Frontier Force from 1928 to 1931.[3] He was promoted to lieutenant colonel again on 15 February 1931,[1] and commanded the 3rd Division Signals Company at Bulford, Wiltshire from 1931 to 1935.[3] He was promoted to colonel on 15 February 1935. He was chief staff officer at Scottish Command in 1936 and 1937, and brigadier in charge of administration at Western Command from 1938 to 1939.[3]

During the Second World War he was Major-General in charge of Administration at the War Office from 1939 to 1941, Deputy Quartermaster-General from 1941 to 1943, Vice Quartermaster-General from 1943 to 1944, and Commander of the Line of Communications of the 21st Army Group in the North-West Europe Campaign of 1944–45.[3] He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1942 Birthday Honours in June 1942.[15]

Naylor became GOC 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division and the Northumbrian District in 1945 and served until he retired from the Army in 1946.[16] He remained colonel of the Royal Signals until 1953.[3] He died on 23 December 1971.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Half-Yearly Army List. British Army. 31 December 1938. p. 128. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Maj.-Gen. Robert Francis Brydges Naylor". The Peerage. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Smart 2005, p. 231.
  4. ^ "No. 28289". The London Gazette. 17 September 1909. p. 6962.
  5. ^ "South Staffordshire Regiment in Gibraltar, 1911-1913". Morgan Web Site. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  6. ^ "No. 29438". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 11 January 1916. p. 580.
  7. ^ "No. 30157". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 29 June 1917. p. 6490.
  8. ^ "No. 30398". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 23 November 1917. p. 12303.
  9. ^ "No. 30450". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 28 December 1917. p. 13.
  10. ^ "No. 30762". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 21 June 1918. p. 7437.
  11. ^ "No. 13453". The Edinburgh Gazette. 5 June 1919. p. 1853.
  12. ^ "No. 31434". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 4 July 1919. p. 8477.
  13. ^ "No. 32136". The London Gazette. 23 November 1920. p. 11574.
  14. ^ "No. 32995". The London Gazette. 21 November 1924. p. 8424.
  15. ^ "No. 35586". The London Gazette. 5 June 1942. p. 2477.
  16. ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2020.

Bibliography

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  • Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnsley, Yorkshire: Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1-84415-049-6. OCLC 58555546.
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