Percy Commings

Percy Commings
Born1880
Died1958 (aged 77−78)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Service number922[1]
UnitQueen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
CommandsRangoon Brigade
56th (London) Infantry Division
Battles / warsFirst World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order

Major-General Percy Ryan Conway Commings CB, CMG, DSO (1880–1958) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Commings was commissioned into the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) on 7 May 1898.[2] He saw action during the First World War for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.[3] He went on to become commander of the Rangoon Brigade in June 1931 and General Officer Commanding 56th (London) Infantry Division in June 1934 before retiring in June 1938.[4]

He was colonel of the South Staffordshire Regiment from 1935 to 1946.[5]

Family

He married Emily Maude Frederica Wilson; they had a son and two daughters.[6]

References

  1. ^ "No. 35415". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 January 1942. p. 223.
  2. ^ "No. 26967". The London Gazette. 17 May 1898. p. 3050.
  3. ^ "No. 29438". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 January 1916. p. 572.
  4. ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  5. ^ "South Staffordshire Regiment". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 28 December 2005. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  6. ^ "John Conway Commings". Unit Histories. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
Military offices
Preceded by GOC 56th (London) Infantry Division
1934–1938 		Succeeded by