Randle Feilden

Major-General Sir Randle Guy "Gerry" Feilden (14 June 1904 – 27 October 1981) was a general officer in the British Army. During the Second World War he was the Deputy Quartermaster General (DQMG) of the 21st Army Group in the North-West Europe Campaign of 1944–45. After the war he became the Senior steward of the Jockey Club. He is commemorated by the annual Feilden Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse. Biography Randle Guy Feilden was born on 14 June 1904, the son of Major Percy Henry Guy Feilden, the son of Lieutenant General Joseph Feilden and his wife the Honorable Dorothy Louisa Brand, the daughter of Henry Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden. He had a younger brother, Cecil Henry Feilden, and a younger sister, Dorothy Priscilla Feilden. He was educated at Eton and the University of Cambridge. Feilden was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1925 as a second lieutenant. He was nicknamed "Gerry" and was always referred to by this name. He was promoted to lieutenant on 14 December 1928. On 22 October 1929 he married Mary Joyce Ramsden, the daughter of Sir John Frescheville Ramsden, 6th Baronet. They had three children: Randle Joseph, Cecil Roderick and Andrew James Feilden. He was aide de camp to the general officer commanding the London District, Major General Bertram Sergison-Brooke, from 1 March 1934 to 1 October 1937, and as such participated in the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on 12 May 1937. He was promoted to captain on 29 December 1936. After this appointment, he became adjutant of the 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. In 1939, Feilden became a staff captain, and then brigade major, on the staff of the 7th Guards Brigade, part of Major General Bernard Montgomery's 3rd Division. Montgomery had him transferred to his 3rd Division headquarters (HQ) staff as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General (DAQMG). After Montgomery assumed command of V Corps in July 1941, he brought Feilden onto his corps staff as Assistant Quartermaster General (AQMG). In 1941, Feilden became assistant adjutant and quartermaster general (AA&QMG) of the newly formed Guards Armoured Division. He was promoted to major on 14 December 1942. He then became Deputy Quartermaster General (DQMG) at Home Forces HQ. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 2 June 1943.