Michael Gambier-Parry

Major-General Michael Denman Gambier-Parry, (21 August 1891 – 30 April 1976) was a senior British Army officer who briefly commanded the 2nd Armoured Division during the Western Desert campaign of the Second World War. Early life and family The Gambier-Parrys of Highnam Court, Gloucestershire, were an artistic and military family (see Thomas Gambier Parry and the latter's son, eminent composer Sir Hubert Parry). His uncle Ernest Gambier-Parry was a major in the army sent to Egypt to avenge the death of General Gordon and wrote a book (Suakin, 1885) about his experiences. Michael's father was architect Sidney Gambier-Parry. Military career Educated at Eton College, Gambier-Parry entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Royal Welch Fusiliers in March 1911. He served in the First World War in France, being awarded the Military Cross in 1916, and in the Gallipoli campaign and the Mesopotamian campaign.