Bertram Mitford (British Army officer)


Bertram Reveley Mitford was a British Army officer.

Military career

Mitford was commissioned into the Buffs in 1882. He transferred to the Egyptian Army in January 1886 and back to the British Army in January 1897. After seeing action in the Dongola Campaign and the Second Boer War, he became commander of the 6th Infantry Brigade in December 1906 and then commander of the 9th Infantry Brigade in May 1907.
He went on to command the 72nd Infantry Brigade in 1914 and deployed to the Western Front where he took part at the Battle of Loos in September 1915 and the Battle of the Somme in autumn 1916. He then became General Officer Commanding 42nd Infantry Division in March 1917, again on the Western Front, and took part in the Battle of Passchendaele in autumn 1917. He handed over his command in October 1917.