Julian Gascoigne

Major-General Sir Julian Alvery Gascoigne, (25 October 1903 – 26 February 1990) was a senior British Army officer who served in the Second World War and became Major-General commanding the Household Brigade and General Officer Commanding London District. After retiring from the army, he worked as a stockbroker and then served as Governor of Bermuda from 1959 to 1964. Early life and education Gascoigne was born on 25 October 1903 at Ashtead Lodge, Ashtead, Surrey, England. His father was Brigadier-General Sir Frederick Gascoigne, KCVO, CMG, DSO. He was educated at Eton College, an all-boys public boarding school. Military career Gascoigne entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Grenadier Guards in 1923. From 1927 to 1928, he served as aide de camp to Sir Stanley Jackson, the then Governor of Bengal. He was an instructor at Sandhurst in 1935, and attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1938 to 1939. During the early part of the Second World War, from 1939 to 1941, Gascoigne served as a staff officer in and around London. He was Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards from 1941 to 1942, and of the 201st Guards Motor Brigade from 1942 to 1943. He saw active service in Egypt, Syria, North Africa and Italy. He fought at the Battle of Alamein, with the Eighth Army in Tunis, and in Salerno as part of the Allied invasion of Italy. He was seriously wounded during fighting at Monte Camino in 1943, and was evacuated back to the UK where he spent time recuperating in hospital. He was an instructor at the Staff College, Camberley from 1944 until the end of the war.